'It is a very diminishing and disgusting thing to do', judge tells Corkman who spat at shop assistant

Accused also pleaded guilty to another assault and smashing a mobile phone in a deli on Paul Street

Accused was sentenced to four months in prison at Cork District Court. Picture: Larry Cummins

Spitting at a shop assistant was described by a sentencing judge as a diminishing and disgusting thing to do to someone doing a day’s work, as she jailed the culprit for four months.

Judge Mary Dorgan made the comment as she sentenced 47-year-old man David O’Donovan, of no fixed address, previously of Glendalough House, Grenville Place, Cork, at Cork District Court.