Jail for 'vulnerable' Corkman who used scissors to stab victim's fist and rob €200

Daniel Heaphy was arrested and questioned on July 19 and he admitted hitting the injured party and giving him what he described as “a few clouts on the side of the face”

Judge Boyle said that in all the circumstances a three-year sentence was merited but that she would suspend the last six months of the sentence.

A pair of scissors was used to stab a man in the hand as he clenched his fist in his pocket to safeguard €200 in cash and now his attacker has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

The attacker, 31-year-old Daniel Heaphy, admitted giving the victim “a few clouts”, Detective Sergeant Kieran O’Sullivan said at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.