Courts / Dublin / Report

Jail for violent mugger who slashed drug addict in "nasty and senseless" crime

Summary

A 22‑year‑old Dublin man, Karl Proudfoot, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for a series of violent offences. He pleaded guilty to slashing a drug addict on the back of the head with a Stanley knife on Arran Street East on 16 June 2017, an act captured on CCTV that showed him striking the victim "out of the blue." Proudfoot also admitted to two phone‑robberies: one at Fingal Place on 17 June 2017, where he left the victim with a nasal fracture and facial bruising, and another at Phoenix Park on 24 June 2017, where he beat a Moldovan woman and stole her phone. The court noted the assaults were "extremely nasty and senseless" and that Proudfoot had never been in custody before. Judge Martin Nolan, after considering the young man's age, remorse and lack of prior convictions, imposed the sentence, warning it could have been longer without those mitigating factors.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jail for violent mugger who slashed drug addict in "nasty and senseless" crime. Charges or matters: assaulting the man causing him harm on Arran Street East, Dublin 7 on June 16, 2017; robbing a mobile phone at Fingal Place on June 17, 2017, after which he left his male victim with a nasal fracture and serious facial bruising; robbing a mobile phone from a Moldovan woman who was showing her mother around the city at the People's Garden, Phoenix Park on June 24, 2017. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• June 16, 2017 Incident
• June 17, 2017 Other
• June 24, 2017 Other
• June 2017 Other
• 2018-03-14 Publication

Why: Ms McNickle submitted to Judge Martin Nolan that Proudfoot's crimes were "extremely nasty and senseless acts," committed because he was not dealing well with his mother's death. CNI source report

Case subjects

Places mentioned

Topics

Drugs Stage Sentence Violent Crime

Related court reports

• Man charged with having 56k child abuse images and videos remanded on bail
• Ex-Dáil hopeful's allegations against former employer 'complete fantasy', WRC told
• Mater must pay €10k to worker who said he was wrongly accused of abusing patient
• 'I think we know I won't be getting bail' - Daniel Kinahan charged with directing criminal organisation
• Letting agent who claimed alleged domestic violence victim abandoned tenancy by fleeing to refuge must pay €14.7k
• 77-year-old with 470 convictions told Luas staff to 'f**k off'

Read the original CNI report