Bandon vulnerable teen suffered two black eyes and broken arm during attack in Cork home

Bandon man attacked by intoxicated intruder 

Joseph Kelly of Lower Ardan, Bandon, County Cork, pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to the charge of assault causing harm and causing criminal damage to the house.

The Bandon family of a vulnerable teenager have been left to wonder how a 38-year-old stranger could come into their home on a Sunday afternoon and carry out an unprovoked attack on the boy — the violent crime only ending when a neighbour punched the intruder until he stopped choking the young victim.

Joseph Kelly, of Lower Ardan, Bandon, Co Cork, pleaded guilty to the charge of assault causing harm on the 18-year-old and causing criminal damage to the house.