Man can pay €500 to poor box to avoid assault conviction

Man on crutches when dispute erupted over flatmate chores

The defendant said he rang gardaí after the incident at The Elysian building in Cork on May 25, 2022.

Disagreements about chores carried out by flatmates formed the background to a case where the boyfriend of one resident was put on trial for assaulting another resident. And now he has been told that he will avoid a conviction and have the case struck out if he pays €500 to charity and performs a period of voluntary work.

Judge Marian O’Leary had adjourned finalisation of the case against Soloman Adebisi of Cnog na gCapall, Gould’s Hill, Mallow, County Cork, for assaulting Vinicius Silva at The Elysian building in Cork on May 25, 2022.