Courts / Dublin / Report

Architect had to give up his job after being stabbed in shoulder with butcher's knife

Date
2014-11-25

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, Karl Boyne, aged 31, was sentenced to four and a half years in jail for stabbing Polish architect Mr. Jerzy Stacharski with a butcher's knife after a tennis match at Cambridge Park, Ringsend. The knife punctured Stacharski's shoulder, causing two wounds and a long‑term impact that forced him to quit his job as an architect. Stacharski, now 65, remains fearful of open areas and requires social care. Boyne also pleaded guilty to possession of a knife on Thorncastle Street and burglary of a petrol station on Beech Road, receiving six months' imprisonment for the latter. The sentences are to run consecutively. Boyne's history includes 41 prior convictions, including a five‑year robbery sentence, and he is advised to undergo drug rehabilitation while in custody. The court noted Boyne's admission of drug and alcohol use at the time of the attack.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Architect had to give up his job after being stabbed in shoulder with butcher's knife. Charges or matters: assault causing harm at Cambridge Park, Ringsend on March 5, 2013; possessing a knife on Thorncastle Street, Ringsend on June 8, 2013 and to burglary of a petrol station on Beech Road, Dublin on February 5, 2014; possessing a knife on Thorncastle Street, Ringsend on June 8, 2013; burglary, and Judge O'Donohue sentenced him to six months in prison for this offence; four years for stabbing the Polish architect, backdated to February 6 this year. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

March 5, 2013 Incident
June 8, 2013 Incident
February 5, 2014 Incident
February 6 Incident
2014-11-25 Publication

Why: He said the Polish national, now aged 65, has had to give up his job as an architect because of his fearful state caused by the assault. CNI source report

Case subjects

Karl Boyne

Convicted Person

Charges: assault causing harm at Cambridge Park, Ringsend on March 5, 2013; possessing a knife on Thorncastle Street, Ringsend on June 8, 2013 and to burglary of a petrol station on Beech Road, Dublin on February 5, 2014; possessing a knife on Thorncastle Street, Ringsend on June 8, 2013; burglary, and Judge O'Donohue sentenced him to six months in prison for this offence; four years for stabbing the Polish architect, backdated to February 6 this year (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Karl Boyne (31) was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to four and a half years in jail for the stabbing and two separate offences; burglary and possession of a knife. He was charged with burglary, and Judge O'Donohue sentenced him to six months in prison for this offence.