2025-02-13
Teen who attacked man with pickaxe avoids jail
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Having heard facts yesterday, Judge Martin Nolan adjourned the case overnight to consider sentence. "This is a bewildering case that for reasons only known to the defendant he entered this man's house and attacked him," Judge Nolan said in passing sentence today. "The only thing I can glean is that there was a real or imaginary dispute between the injured party, the accused, or a member of his family," the judge said.; Having heard facts yesterday, Judge Martin Nolan adjourned the case overnight to consider sentence. "This is a bewildering case that for reasons only known to the defendant he entered this man's house and attacked him," Judge Nolan said in passing sentence today. "The only thing I can glean is that there was a real or imaginary dispute between the injured party, the accused, or a member of his fam