A man was suddenly attacked in broad daylight in Cork city centre. He was stripped, had his clothes thrown in a river and left seriously injuried after being kicked repeatedly
A brutal broad daylight assault left a man seriously injured after two other men tore his clothes off and threw them in the river.
In shocking footage, the man was seen being attacked in Cork city centre, the Republic of Ireland. On St Patrick’s Quay, two men were seen jumping out of a car and attacking a man who had been walking down the street.
The victim can be seen falling to the ground and the initial attacker can be seen removing the victim’s shoes and trousers before throwing them into the river. Then, the victim was kicked numerous times while he was still on the floor.
The two men returned to the vehicle, left running in the middle of the road, before a third assailant can later be seen sprinting in from up the street to stomp on the victim, who remained on the ground throughout the entire ordeal. The attackers then fled the scene.
Members of the public could be spotted looking on in horror.
Police previously said to CorkBeo that no incident report had yet been filed in relation to the assault. The Mirror has approached poliice for an update.
There are calls locally for more police to patrol in Cork following violent incidents.
It comes as five men who were part of a gang of six that burgled a man in front of his family in Selby, North Yorkshire, were jailed.
A sixth man, who was armed, died after the homeowner was forced to defend himself and stabbed him.
When five unhurt men fled in a getaway car, the burgled man tried to save the life of the sixth intruder and called 999. North Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedics raced to the scene, but the gang member died at the scene.
A force spokesperson said: “Armed with weapons, they wore dark clothing and balaclavas to barge into a house in Selby. A couple were inside with their two young children when the men entered the home, in March 2022.
“They beat the man with a crowbar and punched him repeatedly. But the man fought back to defend himself, taking a knife during the struggle and stabbing one of the intruders – a sixth man from the gang.”
The incident triggered a manhunt to track down the five men. Detectives along with officers from Selby’s local policing team and specialist departments used information and intelligence to find them all within 48 hours.
The homeowner did not face any criminal charges in connection to the man’s death as he was defending himself and his family, YorkshireLive reported.
They have now been jailed for a total of 70 years in prison for aggravated burglary. The men jailed are:
- Alan James Hall, 34, of Selby
- Daniel Welford, 32, of Pontefract
- Max Jackson, 33, of Stockton on the Forest, York
- Kallan Hunt, 35, of no fixed address
- Andrew Richardson, 38, of Doncaster