A Co Donegal man who attacked another man and left him with a broken eye-socket after a one-punch attack in a bar has avoided going to jail after he paid his victim €8,000.
Father-of-four John Parke, 42, appeared before Letterkenny Circuit Court where he was charged with a Section 3 assault on Gary Gibson.
Farmer Parke admitted the attack and previously offered his victim a token of his remorse of €1,000 which Judge John Aylmer said “borders on an insult.”
The accused man returned to court where he increased his offer of remorse to his victim to €8,000.
The court had 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.
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