Former Cork City FC player warned to keep away from bad company or face jail

Former Cork City FC player failed to be compliant with direction of probation service, but judge told this was due to a brain injury as a result of an assault

Hassan Baker: Previously played for Cork City FC.

A promising young soccer player, who was previously with Cork City FC, was warned that he would have to comply with the directions of the probation service and keep away from bad company if he wanted to stay out of jail.

Hassan Baker, of MacCurtain Villas, off Bandon Road, Cork, appeared before Cork Circuit Appeals Court where the probation service re-entered the case in which he had a six-month suspended sentence hanging over him.