Man avoids jail for assault during row over clean-up at Cork barbershop 

The judge acknowledged that there was no ongoing animosity between the parties

The incident happened at Boston Barbers in Blackpool shopping centre in 2022. File picture: Denis Minihane

A barbershop row saw one barber poke another with his finger, strike him with a gear-bag and then hold up an umbrella towards him before he himself was assaulted by the other man with a scissors.

This was the scenario described by Detective Sergeant Kieran O’Sullivan in the case against 45-year-old Ammar Saker who admitted assault causing harm to his workmate at Boston Barbers in Blackpool shopping centre on October 29, 2022.