Cork store manager assaulted twice after man challenged over theft of drinks

Centra worker was punched and head-butted on two occasions on same day.

Judge Marian O’Leary was told that the manager of the Cork store suffered only minor injuries in the two assaults.

 A young man assaulted a store manager by head-butting and punching him on two different occasions on the same day when he was challenged for stealing a bottle of Yazoo and a bottle of water.

Inspector James Hallahan outlined the background to the incident which consisted of two assaults on the same person on the same date at the same place.