Cork man who slashed victim’s neck with broken vodka bottle jailed for eight years

A man who kicked his girlfriend twice in the face, and then slashed the throat of a 32-year-old man who later died in hospital, has been jailed for eight years.

Aaron Babbington (31) of no fixed abode, but formerly of Churchfield in the city, had pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Jason Butler on June 14th, 2023 at Grand Parade in Cork city. Mr Butler died at Cork University Hospital two days after the incident.

He was predeceased by his parents and three of his six siblings.

Cork Central Criminal Court heard that on the day of the attack, Mr Butler, who was from Castleredmond in Midleton in the county bumped into Babbington and his girlfriend by a shop on Grand Parade at about 7pm.

A person working in the shop said that all three were in good form and exchanging banter with each other. The trio were sharing a bottle of vodka and sat down together on a bench at nearby Daunt Square.

Dt Sgt Colin Greenway told Ms Justice Siobhan Lankford that about forty minutes in to the chat…

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