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Belfast sex offender who bit security guard to be sentenced for assault
Summary
Michael Jones, a 30‑year‑old Belfast sex offender, was sentenced in Dublin for assaulting a security guard, James Bowe, at the Powerscourt Shopping Centre on 26 June 2010. Jones, who was intoxicated, entered the closed centre through an open goods delivery entrance, confronted Bowe, and pulled him to the ground. He struck Bowe's head, kicked and pummelled him, bit Bowe's index finger bone and palm, causing a fractured neck bone and bleeding. A jury convicted Jones in July 2010. Judge Desmond Hogan heard the case and remanded Jones in custody for sentencing next month. Garda Shane Moriarty noted Jones's prior 2007 conviction for indecent assault, a two‑and‑a‑half‑year prison term, and a suspended sentence that was breached in 2010 when he left Northern Ireland for Kildare. Jones has further convictions for theft, assault and traffic offences, and was recently sentenced to two years in prison for a robbery in June 2010. Michael Jones pleaded not guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Belfast sex offender who bit security guard to be sentenced for assault. Charges or matters: assault of James Bowe, causing him harm, at the Powerscourt Shopping Centre, Dublin city on June 26, 2010. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Convicted
When:
- June 26, 2010 Incident
- June 2010 Incident
- 2014-10-17 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: assault of James Bowe, causing him harm, at the Powerscourt Shopping Centre, Dublin city on June 26, 2010 (Proven)
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; During the sentence hearing Garda Shane Moriarty told Caroline Cummings BL, prosecuting, that in 2007 Jones was convicted at Laganside Crown Court of indecently assaulting a woman in 2005. Jones served a two and a half year prison term and was released under the conditions of a suspended sentence.
Places mentioned
- Riversdale Park
Topics
Stage Sentence Theft Violent Crime
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