Corkman imprisoned for corrosive liquid attack that left victim with one eye

Instead of helping gardaí identify the liquid used, John Paul Carey would comment: 'Is Francis still a handsome man?'

John Paul Carey

A 36-year-old Cork man got a nine-and-a-half-year sentence for causing the loss of a man’s eye by throwing corrosive liquid in his face in a case where he enquired of investigating gardaí about the victim, “Is he still a handsome man?” 

Judge James McCourt imposed a sentence of 10 years on John Paul Carey at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on Monday afternoon and suspended the last six months.