2021-02-23
Master's student gets suspended sentence for punch which caused brain injury
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Credit: Collins) By Fiona Ferguson and Sonya McLean A master's student who recklessly punched another pub-goer, causing him to fall, hit his head and sustain a traumatic brain injury, has been given a four-year suspended sentence. Judge Nolan also said that Stoneham must raise a further €10,000 in two years for Mr Ward but said if the victim does not want this cash there is no need to go any further and it does not need to be donated. "I have first decided that he (Stoneham) does not deserve a custodial sentence.