Assault victim believes Cork farmer had been watching her

Hugh O’Brien sentenced to three years imprisonment with the last six months suspended

Hugh O'Brien had to be removed from the court as he repeatedly ignored the judge’s directions for him not to interrupt proceeedings.

 The retired woman who was attacked by a neighbour at the front of her home in a rural area of Cork believes from what he said to her during the vicious assault that he had been watching her.

Earlier this week, Hugh O’Brien railed against the unanimous jury verdict against him, saying they were wrong. On Friday he had to be removed from the court as he repeatedly ignored the judge’s directions for him not to interrupt and complained of garda ‘corruption’.