2018-06-29
Homeless man stabbed fellow hostel resident in face in row over loud TV
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Greally imposed a two-and-a-half year sentence which she suspended in full. At the original sentence hearing last year, Sergeant Darragh Kenny told Eoin Lawlor BL, prosecuting, that on the evening of the assault, Donovan complained to Mr Rattigan about the noise in the hostel's TV room and that "terse words" were exchanged.; Judge Melanie Greally noted she had adjourned the case for one year after hearing the evidence in 2016, on condition that Donovan complied with supervision by the Probation Service during that time.