State appeals 'undue leniency' of Ian Horgan's sentence for hammer attack in Cork

During the sentence hearing, the court heard Horgan later sent a mocking video of the bloody aftermath of the attack with “Lovely Day” playing in the background

Ian Horgan (pictured) was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years for the hammer attack on Hassan Baker and the assault of his mother, Mary O’Callaghan.

The State has lodged an appeal against the sentence imposed on convicted killer and rapist Ian Horgan for a hammer attack in Cork city.

Horgan, of no fixed abode and formerly of the Hermitage in Macroom, Co. Cork, was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years for the hammer attack on 29-year-old Hassan Baker and the assault of his 66-year-old mother, Mary O’Callaghan, at their home in MacCurtain’s Villas in Cork city in March 2022.