); Sometimes I wish I was dead : Pensioner tells of his pain as man jailed for 15 years for unprovoked assault
No explanation was given for the assault and the parties were not known to each other. By Olivia Kelleher Tuesday 9 Feb 2021, 2:57 PM Feb 9th 2021, 2:57 PM 23,814 Views 30 Comments
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A MAN HAS been jailed for 15 years with the last two years suspended for a vicious fourteen-minute unprovoked assault on a 73-year-old man who was so badly injured that he is unable to live independently.
Christy O’Callaghan from Macroom, Co Cork is well known in the world of greyhound racing as he trained a number of winners of the Irish Laurels in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
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A man who threatened to murder his ex-wife and assaulted her by placing a belt around her neck and lifting her from a chair has been jailed for five years.
Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that Michael Quirke of Manor Hills, Lisnigar, Rathcormac, Co Cork had placed a GPS tracking device on the car of his ex-wife Mary in order to monitor her movements.
Judge Sean O’Donnabhain was also told that having been charged with the offences the 53-year-old contacted Mary Quirke by phone whilst on bail and warned her that he would still be the same man when he got out of prison.
Steele sent Ms Ring disgusting letters demanding sex
Details of 52-year-old Steele s arrest outside Una s home in Youghal, Co. Cork, in the early hours of July 27, 2020, horrified the nation as they emerged at his sentencing hearing this week.
An Australian native, salesman Steele was apprehended preparing to enter the mother-of-two s property armed with a crowbar, duct tape, rope and an 11-inch sex toy strapped to his body.
He had also hidden his identity by wearing a hat, a snood and had blue plastic gloves on his hands.
At Cork Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday, Judge Sean Ó Donnabháin jailed Steele for five years after being told he had pleaded guilty to charges of harassment, attempted burglary with intent to rape, possession of articles with intent to cause a crime and two counts of criminal damage.