Ben O’Reilly receives suspended sentence for assault

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Ben O’Reilly received a fully suspended two-year sentence for assaulting a transgender escort at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 27 January 2020. The assault followed a dispute over payment at the woman’s home on 20 May 2017.

Judge Elma Sheahan suspended the sentence in full on condition that O’Reilly pay €10,000 compensation within 12 months. He had been convicted of assault causing harm and acquitted of robbing the woman of cash and her iPhone. The court was told he had no previous convictions.