Corkman gets suspended sentence on appeal for hammer attack

The court heard that the assailant 'is now back on friendly terms with the injured party'

Jason Ring was originally sentenced to four months in jail but this was appealed at Cork Circuit Appeals Court. File picture: Larry Cummins

The victim of a hammer attack carried out in daylight had to run into a shop for safety and now the assailant has had a four-month jail term suspended on appeal.

Jason Ring of 60 Bride Valley View, Upper Fairhill, Cork, was sentenced to that jail term but this was appealed by barrister Jessica Kelleher at Cork Circuit Appeals Court. Judge Sinéad Behan said she would suspend the sentence.