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Woman wrote 'PIGS' on cell wall in blood
Summary
Lisa Geoghegan, aged 34, was found guilty by a jury of one count of assault causing harm to Aidan Kenna and one count of assaulting Garda Anthony Sugrue. She also pleaded guilty to one count of criminal damage to a prison cell wall at Blanchardstown Garda Station. The jury found her not guilty of five other counts, including producing a stanley knife in the course of an assault, two counts of assault causing harm to two gardaí, one count of damaging a garda ballistics vest and one count of intimidating a witness. The trial, held at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, described how Geoghegan assaulted Kenna's brother, stabbed him with a knife, bit his hand, and later kicked a garda in the groin during her arrest. After being detained, she wrote the word 'PIGS' on the cell wall using menstrual blood, an act that cost €150 to clean.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Woman wrote 'PIGS' on cell wall in blood. Charges or matters: one count of criminal damage to a prison cell wall at Blanchardstown Garda Station on August 10, 2017; assaulting Garda Anthony Sugrue by kicking him in the groin during her arrest. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- August 9, 2018 Incident
- August 9, 2017 Incident
- August 10, 2017 Incident
- March 30 Adjournment
- 2020-02-21 Publication
Why: Geoghegan's sentence hearing was told today that because the jury found her not guilty of producing a knife in the course of assaulting Aidan Kenna, then it could not be established that she was the person who stabbed him. CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: one count of criminal damage to a prison cell wall at Blanchardstown Garda Station on August 10, 2017; assaulting Garda Anthony Sugrue by kicking him in the groin during her arrest (Proven)
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Geoghegan's sentence hearing was told today that because the jury found her not guilty of producing a knife in the course of assaulting Aidan Kenna, then it could not be established that she was the person who stabbed him.; Judge Sheahan adjourned sentence to March 30 to allow for that matter to be dealt with.
Places mentioned
- York Street
- Dublin
- Willans Way
- Blanchardstown
- cell wall at Blanchardstown Garda Station
- Blanchardstown
- cell in Blanchardstown Garda Station
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
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