Former businessman threw Labrador against wall and threatened to burn down house

Psychological report being prepared on accused who was convicted of assault causing harm to a woman in her 70s and her adult son

Sentencing was adjourned until a psychological report can be prepared.

A psychological report is to be prepared on a former businessman who picked up a Labrador and threw it against a wall during a violent and drunken incident at a house in Cork.

Judge Marian O’Leary read a number of background reports on Diarmuid Crowley, of Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry, who used to have a hairdressing business in Sligo.