Corkman complains about judge, gardaí and motorist he assaulted for stopping for cattle

Hugh O’Brien was given a two-month suspended sentence for assault and a €300 fine for causing criminal damage to the victim’s car

The inured party said he was driving home that evening when he stopped to let cattle pass and that he was approached and was struck with a stick through the open window of his car and that the car was struck with the stick. File picture: Denis Minihane

A 51-year-old man got a two-month suspended jail sentence for assaulting a motorist who stopped for cattle crossing a road in Inniscarra, but complained about several parties including gardaí, a retired judge and the victim during the sentencing.

When Inspector Martin Canny said the victim had chosen not to make a victim impact statement, Hugh O’Brien—the man convicted of the assault—said he was the one who should have been asked for a victim impact statement.