Husband and wife convicted of assault of couple outside Cork pub avoid jail

Damien and Margaret Falvey of Clonard, Ballyvolane, Cork, were given six-month suspended jail terms for the different parts they played in an assault on another couple waiting for a taxi outside a pub shortly before midnight

Damien Falvey pleaded guilty to a charge of assault causing harm to the man. Margaret Falvey pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to the woman outside The Groves Bar in Blackpool.

A husband and wife were given six-month suspended jail terms for the different parts they played in an assault on another couple waiting for a taxi outside a pub shortly before midnight.

The defence claimed it all started with the flicking away of a lighting cigarette butt.