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'Demon possessed' teen sees jail for savage knife attack

Date
2020-11-19

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Ennis

County
Clare

Summary

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court sentenced Jordan Ennis, Lucy Ennis, and Aaron Flanagan for violent disorder and assault causing harm at Edenmore Park, Raheny, on September 19, 2015. All three defendants pleaded guilty. Judge Martin Nolan sentenced Jordan Ennis to two and a half years' imprisonment, having stated his actions initially merited four years. He suspended the final year of the sentence on conditions that Ennis keep the peace and hand over €14,249 to the victim as a token of remorse. Lucy Ennis received a suspended prison term of 18 months. The judge noted she had likely misinformed her brother but accepted her mental health background and lack of prior convictions. Co-accused Aaron Flanagan was sentenced to a suspended prison term of two years, with a condition of good behaviour for that period. The judge cited Flanagan's age at the time as the primary mitigating factor. The court heard that the attack followed a dispute involving teenage girls, during which Jordan Ennis stabbed the victim multiple times while others assaulted him with crutches. The victim was hospitalised for ten days. The judge described the attack as savage and noted that Ennis acted on his sister's accusations, despite the victim denying any prior aggression.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: 'Demon possessed' teen sees jail for savage knife attack. Charges or matters: violent disorder and assault causing harm at Edenmore Park, Raheny on September 19, 2015; violent disorder and assault causing harm. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

September 19, 2015 Incident
2020-11-19 Publication

Case subjects

Co-accused Aaron Flanagan

Co Accused

Charges: violent disorder and assault causing harm (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Jordan Ennis

Convicted Person

Charges: violent disorder and assault causing harm at Edenmore Park, Raheny on September 19, 2015; violent disorder and assault causing harm (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He said that before mitigation, Ennis' actions merited a sentence of around four years. He suspended the final year of the sentence on condition that Ennis keep the peace and that he hand over a sum of €14,249, which Ennis had offered as a token of remorse to the victim.

Lucy Ennis

Convicted Person

Charges: violent disorder and assault causing harm at Edenmore Park, Raheny on September 19, 2015; violent disorder and assault causing harm (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty