Cork man who told another man to 'f*** off back to Belfast' loses appeal against assault conviction

Appeal court judge upheld conviction and sentence on man for assaulting a couple in a city centre chipper in May 2022

The assault took place in Lennoxs on MacCurtain Street, Cork, on May 21, 2022. Picture: Larry Cummins

A man in a Cork chipper at midnight told another man to “f*** off back to Belfast” before attacking him, grabbing him in a head-lock and punching him fiercely.

That was the prosecution evidence against 47-year-old John Riordan, of no fixed address, and previously of Meadow Park Lawn, Ballyvolane, Cork, who denied assaulting the man and his wife, claiming he was the one who was threatened and assaulted.