Cork man jailed for firing shot into house before knocking man down while escaping on motorbike

The court was told the defendant's embarrassment from a headbutting, a video of which was circulated online, caused him to make the bad decision to discharge the firearm into the house

Jamie Russell was jailed for seven years with the last two years suspended by Judge Dermot Sheehan at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. File picture

A young man who had a “horrific” childhood was humiliated by a headbutting from another Cork man who circulated a video of the assault online and he reacted by firing a shot into the other man’s house and then knocking down a 67-year-old man as he sped away.

Jamie Russell was jailed for seven years with the last two years suspended by Judge Dermot Sheehan at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.