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Man who threw glass and injured innocent bystander avoids jail
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 2 March 2017, Mario White, aged 20, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm after he threw a glass bottle into the smoking area outside La Fayette bar on 28 March 2015. The bottle struck Warren McKeown, who sustained tendon damage to his left thumb and forearm, impairing his plumbing work and requiring surgery. Judge Gerard Griffin described White's conduct as reckless and gratuitously violent, but, citing his early guilty plea and remorse, suspended an 18‑month prison sentence for two years. White was ordered to pay €2,500 to McKeown. The court noted that White had been on bail for a robbery offence committed on 25 November 2013, when he was still a juvenile. Security staff had restrained White until Gardaí arrived, and McKeown received eight stitches in hospital. The judge warned that any future offence would result in imprisonment.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Man who threw glass and injured innocent bystander avoids jail. Charges or matters: assault causing harm to Mr McKeown at La Fayette bar, D'Olier st. in Dublin city centre on March 28, 2015. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- March 28, 2015 Incident
- 25 November 2013 Incident
- 2017-03-02 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: assault causing harm to Mr McKeown at La Fayette bar, D'Olier st. in Dublin city centre on March 28, 2015 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Griffin suspended an 18 month prison sentence for two years on condition that €2,500 be paid over to the victim.
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Topics
Stage Sentence Theft Violent Crime
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