Court hears assault of woman in Cork City was a case of mistaken identity

Selina Regazzoli. Picture: Instagram

A man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with assaulting a woman in Cork city centre last Thursday in what the court was told was a case of mistaken identity.

Conor Greaney, 25, with an address on Farranferris Avenue, Farranree, on the northside of Cork city, was brought before a special sitting of Cork District Court on Saturday afternoon where he faced a single charge of assault causing harm to Selina Regazzoli on Oliver Plunkett St in Cork city centre on March 7 last, contrary to Section 3 of the Non Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997.