'All it does is destroy,' Cork man who punched his son in drunken attack tells court

The incident happened when the accused breached his partner’s interim barring order by going to her home

Judge Dorgan said she would impose a sentence of six months suspended on condition that he keeps the peace for two years and also put him on a 12-month probation bond. File picture: Dan Linehan

A 37-year-old man who punched his own teenaged son in the head in a drunken attack at the family home expressed deep remorse for his actions and said of his time drinking – “All it does is destroy”.

Now at an in camera hearing at Cork District Court, Judge Mary Dorgan said of his remorse: “That is very very important.”