Ongoing trial delays sentencing of Corkman for hammer attack until June

The hammer attack left a 29-year-old man with serious head injuries

Ian Horgan (pictured) pleaded guilty to the charge of assault causing serious harm to Hassan Baker and assault causing harm to Mr Baker’s mother, Mary O’Callaghan. File picture: Andy Gibson

A 38-year-old man will be sentenced on June 20 for a hammer attack at a house in Cork city that left a 29-year-old man with serious head injuries.

Judge Helen Boyle said sentencing of Ian Horgan could not take place because the court was taken up with an ongoing trial and it was estimated that the evidence and submissions at the sentencing hearing may take up to one-and-a-half hours.