Assault case against Cork councillor Frank Roche adjourned

Frank Roche was convicted by Fermoy District Court last November of assaulting his brother David and his nephew Colm in dispute over family farm

Court previously heard Frank Roche has had a fractious relationship with his two brothers, David and Patrick, since they inherited their family farm from their father David Roche Senior. File picture: Jim Coughlan

A 58 year-old independent councillor convicted of assaulting his brother and nephew arising out of an ongoing dispute over the inheritance of a family farm will be sentenced next month.

Frank Roche of Ballyadeen, Castletownroche, Co Cork, had denied assaulting his brother David and his nephew Colm in January 2020.