Corkman punched partner around city bus after demanding money to buy heroin

Bus Éireann alerted gardaí to the incident on the 202 bus while it was going through Blackrock village on December 14, 2020

Incident started when the defendant insisted she give him €50 to buy heroin and started searching her for the money when she said she did not have it, court heard. Picture: Larry Cummins 

Gardaí were notified about a young woman being punched around a Cork City bus shortly before Christmas and the man responsible for the assault will be sentenced on Friday 13.

Edmond O’Sullivan, 30, appeared by video link from prison at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where he pleaded guilty to the charge of assault causing harm to her.