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Thug attacked girl (17) and elderly neighbour
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, a 23‑year‑old man, Dean Quigley, pleaded guilty to assaulting a 17‑year‑old woman on the N11 in July 2018, where he punched her face, pulled her hair and continued striking her while she lay on the ground. He also pleaded guilty to trespassing and assaulting a 75‑year‑old neighbour in July and October 2019, threatening to kill him if he reported the incidents. The elderly victim's daughter found Quigley five days after the second assault, and he was hospitalized for a brain bleed, neck ligature marks and severe chest bruising. Quigley's court record includes 12 prior convictions and two recent convictions for knife possession and a threat to kill. The judge adjourned sentencing to 17 December 2020, while the court heard the victim's impact statements and Quigley's expressions of remorse and progress in custody.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Thug attacked girl (17) and elderly neighbour. Charges or matters: assault causing harm to the young woman at Stillorgan Road on July 5, 2018; entering the 75-year-old man's home as a trespasser and committing criminal damage on July 7, 2019 and entering his home as a trespasser and assaulting him on October 11, 2019. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- July 2018 Incident
- July 5, 2018 Incident
- July 7, 2019 Adjournment
- October 11, 2019 Adjournment
- December 17, 2020 Adjournment
- May 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
- July 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- July 2019 Incident
- October 2019 Other
- 2020-12-10 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: assault causing harm to the young woman at Stillorgan Road on July 5, 2018; entering the 75-year-old man's home as a trespasser and committing criminal damage on July 7, 2019 and entering his home as a trespasser and assaulting him on October 11, 2019 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: A 23-year-old man facing sentence for assaulting his 75-year-old neighbour had one year earlier repeatedly punched a 17-year-old woman in another assault, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard.; Judge Karen O'Connor adjourned sentencing in all matters for one week until December 17, 2020.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Stillorgan Road
- had attended at the garda station
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