2015-10-28 · Dublin
Jail for criminal who launched vicious attack on "chivalrous and courageous" man
Karl Gurr, 28, of Gardiner Street, Dublin, was jailed for three and a half years after pleading guilty to robbery at Royal Canal Park on 10 January 2015. He had 64 prior convictions, including theft, criminal damage, possession of drugs, trespass and assault. The victim, a man walking in the park, tried to distract Gurr from mugging a woman by…