Cian Cleary jailed for assault and robbery in Temple Bar

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Cian Cleary was sentenced to three years and three months, with the final nine months suspended, for assault causing harm and robbery at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 26 February 2024.

Patrick McCarthy was sentenced to two and a half years, with the final 12 months suspended, for two counts of assault causing harm at the same court and hearing. The attacks happened in Temple Bar, where the two men assaulted twin American tourists and Cleary took a wallet and mobile phone.

Judge Elva Duffy described the assault as “cowardly, nasty and very violent”, and said the CCTV showed the extremity of the violence. One victim was taken to hospital with a forehead welt and required a brain scan; the other was sore and shaken.