Corkman who assaulted teenage boy with glass bottle in Clonakilty hotel sent to jail

Judge told accused he needed to address his mental health problems after witnessing the murder of his father when he was much younger and losing his brother to suicide

Judge imposed a jail term of two and a half years, with the last six months suspended. Picture: Larry Cummins

A teenager was struck over the head with a glass bottle as he fled from two older men in Clonakilty and he was then kicked eight times on the ground.

Michael Stokes, of St Anthony’s Park, Hollyhill, Cork, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault causing harm to the 16-year-old in the car park of the Park Hotel in Clonakilty on May 6.