Cork man who assaulted another man with poker after parking space row has sentence reduced

Mr Justice Birmingham said the trial judge erred in finding the assault was 'of the highest level' and said the appeal court found the five-year headline sentence was 'not warranted'

Father-of-three Gavin Craven,  47, of Glenfield Avenue, Ballyvolane, Co Cork, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment with the final year suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on February 15, 2021, for what the trial judge described as "the highest level" of assault causing harm. Picture: Collins Courts

A man who attacked another man with a poker while claiming to be in the IRA after a row over a parking space has had his sentence reduced on appeal.

Father-of-three Gavin Craven,  47, of Glenfield Avenue, Ballyvolane, Co Cork, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment with the final year suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on February 15, 2021, for what the trial judge described as "the highest level" of assault causing harm.