Alan Melia jailed for assaulting cemetery flower seller

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Alan Melia was jailed for assault causing harm at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, with a further two-year term ordered consecutive to his existing sentence; the report was published on 19 March 2025.

He head-butted a flower seller at Palmerstown Cemetery, Dublin, on 15 December 2020, leaving the man with a cut requiring stitches and broken glasses.

Judge Orla Crowe set a three-year headline sentence and suspended its final year on strict conditions. She also ordered two years of post-release Probation Service supervision.