Cork man lashed out at ex-girlfriend with kitchen knife in row over loud music

Woman threw a speaker against the wall, which enraged defendant, court heard

Injured party made a statement of complaint to gardaí but back three months later and tried to withdraw her statement because Waters had not been near her, they had been getting on fine and she did not want to be causing hassle between them, court heard. File picture: Larry Cummins

A row over music being too loud in an apartment in the early hours of the morning saw a young woman throw a speaker against the wall and her ex-boyfriend lashing out with a knife and catching the back of her head.

Jordan Waters, 22, with an address at Mount St Joseph’s Drive, Gurranabraher, Cork, was sentenced to 18 months by the president of the Circuit Court, Judge Patricia Ryan, in Cork Circuit Criminal Court on the charge of carrying out an assault causing harm on the young woman at Barrack Street, Cork, on January 30, 2020, and producing a knife.