Suspended sentence for GAA player who ripped opponent's scrotum

Man feels this was an accident and something that simply happened in the course of a game. It could as easily have happened to him, says defence

'I am well used to the rough and tumble of a game,'  said victim. 'I received many a punch or late hit, but nothing like I experienced on August 18, 2017.' Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

A Gaelic footballer has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence after ripping the scrotum of an opponent during a match.

Teacher Michael Friel, of Keshends, Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was charged with assault causing harm to Laurence McMullan during a Gaelic football match in Convoy on August 18, 2017.