Students attacked by Cork men tell court their parents are now afraid to let them leave China 

The three students, who were robbed and beaten with a crowbar by the defendants at their home, fled home to China after the attack 

Jury found 41-year-old Gerard Quinlan, of no fixed address, and 32-year-old Aidan Cullinane, of no fixed address, guilty of aggravated burglary and three counts of assault causing harm to the young people, who were staying at a house on Millerd St, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

Chinese students visiting Cork to learn English were victims of a vicious attack by two Cork men, who broke into their home and beat them with iron bars, and now the parents of these young people do not want them to leave China because of their terrible experience in Ireland.

The language tuition schools, where they paid course fees of €6,000, have not given them any refunds even though they flew home in fear, only two months into their eight-month programmes in Cork.