'No mother should be put through this': Man jailed for violent attack on his mother

Accused was drinking heavily on the night and hit and then choked his mother, 66, biting her lip, court heard

Judge Helen Boyle imposed a prison sentence of seven years and suspended the last six months of that sentence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on a charge of assault causing serious harm to his own mother. Picture: Larry Cummins

A prolonged, vicious and violent attack by a 35-year-old man on his 66-year-old mother resulted in him being jailed for six and a half years.

Judge Helen Boyle imposed a prison sentence of seven years and suspended the last six months of that sentence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on a charge of assault causing serious harm to his own mother.