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Suspended sentence for man who stabbed fellow parent on school run

Date
2016-12-21
Stage
Sentence
Primary locality
Tallaght
County
Dublin

Summary

Anvar Ghambari, 39, was sentenced to a suspended three‑year prison term after stabbing Majid Suhrabi four times in the head during a school run in Tallaght on 1 March 2016. The attack, carried out with a metal stabiliser from a child's bicycle, was motivated by alleged comments about Ghambari's wife. School children witnessed the assault and were frightened. Ghambari pleaded guilty to assault causing harm. He had spent almost two weeks in custody before the sentencing. The judge, Martin Nolan, deemed the incident a one‑off lapse, noting no prior convictions and a positive probation report, and therefore suspended the custodial sentence in full. The court ordered that neither man bring their sons to school to avoid a repeat incident. No further incidents have been reported since the assault.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Suspended sentence for man who stabbed fellow parent on school run. Charges or matters: assault causing harm to Majid Suhrabi at St. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

Case subjects

Unnamed man

Defendant

Charges: assault causing harm to Majid Suhrabi at St (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Credit: Collins) A man who stabbed a family acquaintance with a metal object during the school run has received a suspended sentence having spent almost two weeks in jail. Today Judge Nolan sentenced Ghambari to three years in prison which he suspended in full.; Judge Martin Nolan adjourned the case two weeks ago having heard evidence and remanded Ghambari in custody.

Places mentioned

Residence
Court Venue
  • Dublin
  • Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
Incident

Topics

Stage Sentence Violent Crime

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