2020-11-24 · Clonmel, Tipperary
Attacker appeals sentence for unprovoked, vicious assault on passer-by
Ian O'Sullivan, 32, appealed the 12‑year sentence he received for a 2017 unprovoked assault on Thomas Lonergan in Clonmel. O'Sullivan, one of three attackers, was found guilty of robbery after a CCTV‑recorded attack in which Lonergan was punched, kicked, and forced to hand over money and a phone. Lonergan suffered severe injuries, hospital…