Cork man viciously assaulted partner, repeatedly kicking her and whacking her head off a door panel 

Court heard woman was unable to walk to ambulance such were the injuries to her legs but defendant denied causing them, say they were a result of varicose veins

Accused was remanded him in custody for sentencing on March 2. Picture: Larry Cummins

A woman was pulled by the ears with such ferocity her left ear bled and her head was "whacked" off a door panel as she was repeatedly punched and kicked by her then partner.

This was the evidence from Garda Keith Shire in a case at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where Gary Kennedy, formerly of Thorndale Estate, Dublin Hill, Cork, faces sentencing on a charge of assault causing harm to the woman.