Judge says 'actions have to have consequences' as man jailed for unprovoked assault in Cobh

The victim told the court: “My mental health suffered, my confidence was affected...It’s changed my whole outlook on going out."

The court heard that Luke Savage had changed for the better since the assault in Casement Square (pictured), Cobh, in 2018. File photo

A man accused of seriously assaulting another man in an unprovoked attack in a Cork seaside town was told that he had to be jailed to prove that violence has consequences.

Judge Colm Roberts said that he could not “allow the message to go out that unprovoked attacks have no consequences”. He said that he therefore had to jail Luke Savage of 102 Russell Heights, Cobh, even though he had changed for the better since the assault in Casement Square, Cobh, in 2018.