Cork judge shows 'wisdom of Solomon' with solution to phone containing hammer attack images

The violent images of the hammer attack were sent to a woman's phone by Ian Horgan who was convicted of carrying out the attacks

One video showed Ian Horgan washing blood from his hands in Fitzgerald’s Park to the sound of the song 'Lovely Day'. File picture: Denis Minihane

A solicitor told a presiding judge she had shown the 'wisdom of Solomon' by suggesting that a phone with violent images of a hammer attack could be destroyed by the State and a new phone provided for the owner.

Joseph Cuddigan, solicitor, stressed that his client had never been charged with any offence arising out this matter where the images were sent to her phone by the man convicted of carrying out the brutal attack.