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Polish man fled and changed his identity after deliberately driving car into group
Summary
David Marcinkiewicz, a 34‑year‑old Polish man, was sentenced to six years in prison in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for a hit‑and‑run that left former kick‑boxing champion Padraic O'Hennraich with a fractured skull, severe lacerations and a life‑changing injury. The incident occurred on 19 June 2007 on the N4 Palmerstown Bypass when Marcinkiewicz, after an unprovoked fight at a petrol station, drove his car into a group of three men, causing a metal fragment to act as a scalpel and inflict serious wounds. Marcinkiewicz pleaded guilty to assaulting O'Hennraich and to two counts of endangerment involving Eoin Walsh and Daniel Byrne. He had previously fled Ireland in 2008, changed his identity in Poland in 2016, and was later tracked down and arrested in July of the current year. The judge imposed concurrent sentences of six years for the endangerment charges and four years for the assault, noting the severity of the offences.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Polish man fled and changed his identity after deliberately driving car into group. Charges or matters: assaulting Padraic O'Hennraich causing him harm on the N4 Palmerstown Bypass, Dublin, on June 19, 2007; two counts of endangerment involving Mr O'Hennraich's friends Eoin Walsh and Daniel Byrne on the same date. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- June 19, 2007 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2018-12-14 Publication
Why: Mr O'Hennraich also had to give up a prospective career in civil engineering, because prolonged and persistent headaches meant he could not study at college. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: assaulting Padraic O'Hennraich causing him harm on the N4 Palmerstown Bypass, Dublin, on June 19, 2007; two counts of endangerment involving Mr O'Hennraich's friends Eoin Walsh and Daniel Byrne on the same date (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She imposed six-year sentences for the endangerment charge and four years for the assault, all to run concurrently.
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