Cork man who assaulted visitor, leaving him with serious injuries, admits it was unprovoked attack

Injured party was returning to his accommodation from a night out in city when he was assaulted by three men, who kicked and punched him, court heard

The assault occurred on Drawbridge Street, Cork, on March 19, 2022. Picture: Larry Cummins

A young man visiting Cork was returning to his accommodation after socialising in the city when he was attacked and beaten on the ground by a group of youths, and now one of them faces sentencing for his part in the assault.

After hearing an outline of the facts of the unprovoked assault, Judge John King said of defendant, 20-year-old Dean McCarthy, of 22 Fernway, Classis Lake, Ballincollig, Cork: “Without a shadow of a doubt he is in custodial sentence territory. I am going to put the matter back for a probation report.”