Welsh farmer’s stag weekend in Cork cost him €9,500 after he assaulted man 

A Welsh farmer’s stag weekend in Cork cost him €9,500 in compensation for the man he assaulted and the visit will also live on in the memory of the victim who faces ongoing dental work and has permanent scarring.

Judge Mary Dorgan noted from the victim impact statement how nasty the injury was to the young man’s mouth. The injured party said that apart from his own suffering from the assault, his family were also affected by what happened to him. He said that his grandparents were particularly upset.

Judge Dorgan explained to a member of the injured party’s family, who attended court on his behalf, that she had to take into consideration the effect the injury had on the victim but she also had to consider the defendant’s personal circumstances, including the fact that he had no previous convictions.

Frank Buttimer, solicitor, confirmed that Alun George, 36, of Llanferran, St Nicholas, Goodwick, Wales, pleaded guilty to the assault, raised €9,500 compensation and expressed his apologies for the assault.

The solicitor said the accused had been in court on a number of occasions since the incident in February last year, and that on this occasion he was in court accompanied by his wife.

He avoided a jail term as Judge Dorgan finalised the case by imposing a five-month suspended sentence.

The injured party has already had €500 in dental work and the cost of future dental work was put at a figure in the region of €3,000.

Alun George was arrested in the course of a stag weekend last year by Garda Kevin O’Neill and charged with assault causing harm to another man at Rearden’s on Washington Street, Cork, shortly before midnight on Saturday, February 24 2024. The injured party had some teeth dislodged.

Mr Buttimer said the defendant, who tends some 200 cattle and 450 sheep back in Pembrokeshire, was never in any kind of trouble. He added: “This is a co-operative, contrite individual who did not set out to cause trouble.”