Late-night raider who attacked man while accomplices stole his jeep avoids jail

During the attack, an earring was ripped from the victim’s ear, leaving him with a permanent laceration to his ear, court told

Accused's part in the violent incident was the assault causing harm. Others involved in the rampage robbed the jeep and held a concrete block over the victim’s head. Picture: Larry Cummins 

Late-night raiders attacked a man living alone and robbed the jeep from outside his home in a violent rampage and now one of the men involved has been given a two-year suspended sentence for assault causing harm.

Vincent Delaney, 25, of Bay 5, Spring Lane halting site, Cork, was sentenced by Judge Helen Boyle at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on the charge of assault causing harm to Gary Clarke at Monard, Rathpeacon, County Cork, on October 3 2019.