Offer of €1,000 compo for one punch attack in Raphoe “borders on an insult” – Judge

A Judge has told a Co Donegal man who left another man with a broken eye-socket in a one punch attack in a bar that his offer of €1,000 “borders on an insult.”

Father-of-four John Parke, 42, appeared before Letterkenny Circuit Court where he was charged with a Section 3 assault on Gary Gibson.

The court heard Mr Gibson and Parke had been drinking at the Diamond Bar in Raphoe at approximately 11.30pm on August 24th, 2019 when the incident occurred.

Prosecutor Ms Fiona Crawford told the court that Mr Gibson had been in the bar when Parke arrived and said to Mr Gibson “get the fuck out of the bar.”

Mr Gibson then turned to Parke and told him he was finishing his half…

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