Drug-dealer jailed for knocking Cork teenager unconscious with a claw-hammer

Jake O’Sullivan was jailed for three years for this assault and for having €18,000 worth of cocaine for sale or supply and for stealing a motorbike and driving it dangerously

The 22-year-old was arrested at Cork Prison 11 days after the assault. File picture: Dan Linehan

A teenager coming home from a 21st birthday party with his friends in Bishopstown was attacked by a man who struck him with a claw-hammer into the face and in one downward blow to the top of his head which knocked him unconscious.

Jake O’Sullivan of Fairfield Road, Farranree, Cork, was jailed for three years for this assault and for having €18,000 worth of cocaine for sale or supply and for stealing a motorbike and driving it dangerously. Judge Catherine Staines imposed the overall sentence on Jake O’Sullivan at Cork Circuit Criminal Court following his plea of guilty to all charges against him.