Cork man jailed for punching woman before throwing urn of her late partner's ashes

The man also threatened to 'finish her off' and demanded money

Shane Casey was jailed for two years and three months. File picture: Eddie O'Hare

An urn containing the ashes of a woman’s late partner was thrown across a room at her home as she was punched approximately four times in the face by a man who also threatened to “finish her off”.

32-year-old Shane Casey, formerly of Great William O’Brien Street, Cork, faced sentencing on Tuesday for threatening to kill the woman, with whom he had been in a relationship at the time.