Violent attacker who repeatedly stamped on pensioner’s head not given enough credit for early guilty plea, court told

Jonathan O’Driscoll was jailed for 13 years for a brutal and unprovoked assault on Christy O’Callaghan

Jonathan O'Driscoll was jailed for 13 years for an unprovoked assault on 73-year-old Christy O’Callaghan.

A violent attacker who was jailed for 13 years after he repeatedly stamped on a pensioner’s head during a brutal and unprovoked assault lasting 14 minutes was not given enough credit for his early guilty plea, the Court of Appeal was told.

Jonathan O’Driscoll, aged 33, formerly of Coolcower House, Macroom, Co Cork, but now a prisoner at Wheatfield Prison, was imprisoned after he pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm to Christy O’Callaghan, aged 73, at Sleaveen East, Macroom, on March 21, 2019.