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No jail for violent attack on good citizen

Date
2020-07-29

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, Charlie Magaharan, aged 25, received an 18‑month suspended prison sentence for assaulting three men during a violent attack that began when he was seen kicking a city‑rental bike. The incident, captured on CCTV, involved Magaharan and three accomplices who assaulted Lorcan Travers, Peter Hardy, and Marcus Thomas. Travers suffered a concussion, fractured cheekbone and sprained ankle; Hardy sustained cuts, a dislocated shoulder and a black eye; Thomas had a fractured eye socket, lip cuts and a sprained shoulder. Magaharan pleaded guilty to three counts of assault causing harm, admitted the fight, expressed remorse and apologized to the victims, offering €1,000 each. The judge considered his guilty plea, remorse, young age and employment history, and imposed the suspended sentence while ordering probation and engagement with Probation Services.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: No jail for violent attack on good citizen. Charges or matters: three counts of assault causing harm at Custom House Quay, Dublin on February 6, 2016. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

February 6, 2016 Incident
September 2011 Incident
January 2012 Incident
July 2013 Incident
2020-07-29 Publication

Case subjects

Charlie Magaharan

Defendant

Charges: three counts of assault causing harm at Custom House Quay, Dublin on February 6, 2016 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Magaharan and a co-accused caused €32,000 worth of damage and Magaharan received a two year suspended sentence for this offence in July 2013 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. She suspended a prison sentence of 18 months.