2020-09-18 · Galway
Suspended sentence for 'life-changing' one-punch attack too lenient
The Court of Appeal in Dublin has quashed a fully suspended sentence imposed on a man convicted of assault causing serious harm to a Defence Forces member. Cian Cox, aged 26 and originally from Breaffy, County Mayo, pleaded guilty to the attack on David McCormack outside the Electric Garden nightclub on Abbeygate Street, Galway on 5 May 2017. Mr…