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Boiling point! Offaly man convicted of saucepan assault
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A 54-year-old Offaly man was convicted of assaulting another man with a saucepan at last Monday s sitting of Tullamore District Court.
Michael Carroll, 54, Clonlee, Kinnitty had denied striking Percy Moyles at Clonee on September 9, 2020, when he came before Judge Bernadette Owens.
In his evidence, the injured party Mr Moyles said that on the above date he had received a call to say some of his sheep were on a public road. He went to investigate and there were indeed sheep loose. He said he put them into another field but after counting them he knew he was short.