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Jail for man who fractured teen's skull with hurley after anti-social incident

Date
2018-11-15

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Crumlin

County
Dublin

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court case, Alan Curtis, aged 34, was convicted of intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to a 16‑year‑old boy on 28 March 2014. Curtis, who had previously served a partially suspended six‑year sentence for a 2004 assault, used a hurley to fracture the teen's skull after an antisocial incident involving about 20 youths outside his mother's house. The teen suffered a depressed skull fracture, required emergency surgery, and was later treated at the National Rehabilitation Hospital for speech and cognitive difficulties. Curtis was sentenced to four years, with the final two years suspended, following a unanimous jury verdict. The judge noted that Curtis's prior conviction and the circumstances of the offence influenced the decision to suspend part of the sentence.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jail for man who fractured teen's skull with hurley after anti-social incident. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Convicted

When:

March 28, 2014 Incident
2018-11-15 Publication

Case subjects

Unnamed accused

Convicted Person

Finding: Convicted

Outcome: Convicted; A Dublin man who fractured a teenage boy's skull with a hurley while dispersing a group of youths has been jailed for two years. The judge imposed a four year sentence with the final two years suspended.