Cork woman out celebrating new year assaulted in church carpark

European arrest warrant issued for accused man who left the country but he handed himself up to Cork gardaí before it was executed

William Donohoe of 13 Friar Street, Cork, pleaded guilty to the charge, which stated that on January 1, 2019, at the Church of Resurrection, Bellevue, Mallow, Co Cork, he did assault a woman. Picture: Larry Cummins

A young Mallow woman out celebrating the new year was assaulted by another woman and a man as she walked across a church carpark at about midnight.

William Donohoe, 31, was later charged with a count of assault causing harm, he left the country and a European arrest warrant was issued. However, before it was executed, he handed himself up at Anglesea Street Garda Station in Cork and said he understood there was a warrant for his arrest.