2026-03-16
'Absolutely atrocious': man who assaulted McDonald's worker sees jail term replaced on appeal
Stage: Sentence
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Roche, with an address in Walkinstown, Dublin, was convicted in the District Court of assault contrary to section 2 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997 and was sentenced to four months in custody. Ms Saleh said that on the day Roche "got triggered" when he shouldn't have and she asked the judge to suspend his prison sentence.