A young man felt a pensioner’s bottom in a chip-shop and then knocked him unconscious when the elderly man reacted.
Kevin Crawford knocked Patrick Deeney unconscious with just one punch during the altercation at the Chicken Corner Takeaway in Buncrana.
Terrified friends of Mr Deeney tried to revive him and told his attacker “You f***ing killed him.”
Crawford, now 22, appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court today charged with assaulting causing harm to pensioner Patrick ‘Pa’ Deeney, now 67.
The court was shown graphic CCTV footage of the attack which took place in the early hours of April 26th, 2014.
The footage showed Crawford initially touching a woman on the bottom as she was leaving the takeaway before she lashed out at him and leaves the premises.
He then stands beside Mr Deeney who was out with his son-in-law and friends celebrating the christening of his grandson which was due to take place the following day.
Crawford, of Burdwood, Buncrana is then seen touching Mr Deeney on the bottom before the 65 year old lashes out with an elbow to Crawford as he queued for food.
The accused reacts by punching Deeney in the face sending him sprawling backwards and out cold on the floor of the chip shop.
Friends of Mr Deeney, of Castle Avenue, Buncrana, rushed to his aid as blood streamed from his nose and mouth.
The court heard how one of Mr Deeney’s friends said “You’ve f***ing killed him.”
A number of people, including Crawford rushed to call the emergency services and was rushed to Letterkenny University Hospital by ambulance.
In his statement, Mr Deeney said Crawford’s behaviour was aggressive and intimidatory in a sexual way.
He also revealed how he had been operated on five times in his rectum
in hospital and almost became incontinent before being “poked” in the
backside by Crawford on the night.
Barrister for Crawford, Peter Nolan, denied his client poked Mr Deeney
in his anus but used a ‘cupped hand’ on just one occasion.
He added that everyone was in good form and there was genuine banter
going on about Donegal beating Mayo in the All-Ireland GAA Final.
Shay Kinsella, the son-in-law of Mr Deeney said he thought Crawford
had killed his wife’s father.
He told Crawford that he had killed Mr Deeney as he stood over him.
He told the court that Crawford then said to him “He had it coming, he
deserved it.”
The trial continues tomorrow.
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