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Pair who attacked wheelchair user and knocked her to the ground are jailed
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 16 March 2018, Darren Rowe (22) and Eoin Greene (23) pleaded guilty to assault causing harm after punching, kicking and knocking down a female wheelchair user, Mandy Kennedy, outside her home on 21 November 2017. The judge, Karen O'Connor, described the attack as gratuitous violence against a vulnerable person and said the men acted out of a misplaced sense of loyalty to each other amid a dispute with Kennedy's son. Kennedy, who became a wheelchair user after a spinal injury, suffered a fractured eye socket and ongoing psychological distress. O'Connor noted both men's drug addictions and past convictions—Rowe 26, Greene 34—and sentenced Rowe to 3½ years with 12 months suspended, and Greene to 2½ years in prison. The judge urged them to choose rehabilitation over further prison time.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Pair who attacked wheelchair user and knocked her to the ground are jailed. Charges or matters: assault causing harm to Mandy Kennedy outside her home at Meadowlands Park, Monkstown, Dublin on November 21, 2017. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- November 21, 2017 Incident
- 2018-03-16 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: assault causing harm to Mandy Kennedy outside her home at Meadowlands Park, Monkstown, Dublin on November 21, 2017 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She sentenced Rowe to three and a half years in prison with the final 12 months suspended, and his co-accused, Greene to two and a half years in prison. "You are at such a young stage of your lives, you have a choice as to what happens next.
Defendant
Charges: assault causing harm to Mandy Kennedy outside her home at Meadowlands Park, Monkstown, Dublin on November 21, 2017 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She sentenced Rowe to three and a half years in prison with the final 12 months suspended, and his co-accused, Greene to two and a half years in prison. "You are at such a young stage of your lives, you have a choice as to what happens next.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Meadowlands Park
- Dublin
- Dunedin Terrace
- Oliver Plunkett Road
Topics
Drugs Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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