Cork man violently assaulted another man on busy city centre street filled with shoppers and visitors

Accused and accomplice lay in wait for the victim to pass and accused viciously stabbed him with a knife from behind, court heard

Oliver Plunkett Street was full of shoppers, and people relaxing over coffees and ice creams when violent assault took place, court told. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Shoppers, schoolchildren and people relaxing over coffees and ice creams on an afternoon in Cork City were shocked by a violent attack on a man, who was stabbed and slashed up to 20 times by a man who acted like the attack was “a badge of honour”.

On Thursday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, 25-year-old Aaron Bohane was sentenced to four and a half years in prison, with the last year suspended, by Judge Helen Boyle.