2018-06-08 · Temple Bar, Dublin
Suspended sentence for "graphic and barbaric" attack
James O'Connor, aged 38, pleaded guilty to assaulting a man in Temple Bar on 10 September 2015, striking him with a crutch after believing the victim had killed his brother Gareth. Witnesses described the attack as "graphic" and "barbaric," noting O'Connor swung the crutch like a golf club and delivered blows that seemed to "chop wood." The…