Assault case against Cork man  adjourned pending DPP directions

The case against a 43-year-old man accused of assault causing harm in an incident where he was allegedly swinging a bar stool in a city centre pub was adjourned peremptorily against the state for directions from the DPP.

Defence solicitor Killian McCarthy said the accused man, John Daly of 22 Manor Road, Manor Farm, Lehenaghbeg, Cork, was complaining of delay in a case which dates back to an alleged incident in December 2022.

Sergeant John Dineen said the garda file in the case was en route to the DPP. Judge Mary Dorgan adjourned the case until April 22 for DPP directions. The peremptory nature of the adjournment means that the case may be struck out if DPP directions are not available next month.

The defendant is accused of assaulting a woman causing her harm at a pub in Cork city,  allegedly swinging a stool in another direction when it flew from his hands striking the injured party in the head.

He faces a charge which states that back on December 3 2022 at Clancy’s Bar, Princes Street, Cork, he assaulted a woman causing her harm, contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act.

Mr Daly spoke up previously to say, “That is not what happened. I was being assaulted inside the bar.”