Man tried to strangle his partner in row over heater being left on in Cork mobile home

Accused also pushed victim's pyjamas into toilet where he had defecated, court herd

The young couple woke that morning and out of nothing an argument began about a heater being left on in the mobile home when the window was open, court told. Picture: iStock

An argument over a heater being left on in a mobile home resulted in a verbal row between a young couple which culminated in the man attacking the 19-year-old woman — dragging her by the hair and tightly squeezing her windpipe.

21-year-old Craig Cooney of 66 Coolshannagh Walk, Monaghan town, Co Monaghan, pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to charges including non-fatal strangulation of a young woman in Mitchelstown on December 9, 2023.