Judge tells apprentice plumber '€500 for bating a fella around the road in Kinsale is not on'

Judge O’Donnabháin said: “A plumber is only less well remunerated than a brain surgeon.”

The plumber had brought €500 to court to compensate his assault victim. File photo

Plumbers’ pay was described by a Circuit Court judge as second only to that of brain surgeons as he questioned why a young man only raised €500 for the victim of an assault.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin made the comments at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in the course of sentencing Josh Arnopp for assault.