2014-07-21
Man who left bank worker in a coma after unprovoked assault has sentence reduced on appeal
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Dean O'Brien (28) was jailed for eight years by Judge Raymond Groarke after he was found guilty by a Galway Circuit Criminal Court jury of assault causing serious harm to Mr Barry Mannion on William Street West, Galway, on December 28, 2009. Counsel for O'Brien, Mr Damien Colgan SC, today said in essence it was submitted that there was "no light left at the end of the tunnel" in the sentence imposed on O'Brien.