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Teen avoids jail for bus stabbing after spending week in custody
Summary
Sean Squires, aged 19, avoided jail after a week in custody for stabbing a young man on a Dublin bus in August 2021. Squires, who was 17 at the time, stabbed the victim in the cheek and leg after the victim tried to intervene in an argument between Squires and his girlfriend. The incident occurred when the couple were heading into the city centre for dinner; the victim's girlfriend was upset and the argument escalated. Gardaí arrested Squires shortly after he tried to board another bus. He pleaded guilty to assault causing harm and producing a knife. Judge Martin Nolan remanded him to understand custody, then imposed a two‑year sentence, which he suspended in full on strict conditions, citing Squires' youth. The judge warned that any repeat offence would lead to long imprisonment. No prior convictions were recorded. The case was heard at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Teen avoids jail for bus stabbing after spending week in custody. Charges or matters: one count of assault causing harm and one count of producing a knife at Liffey Valley, Dublin on August 14, 2021. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- August 2021 Incident
- August 14, 2021 Adjournment
- 2023-03-13 Publication
Why: He told Squires he had acted in a disgraceful way but said he had decided not to imprison him, principally because he was very young. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: one count of assault causing harm and one count of producing a knife at Liffey Valley, Dublin on August 14, 2021 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Nolan imposed a two-year sentence which he suspended in full on strict conditions after telling Squires he would go to prison for a long period of time if he did anything like that again.; A teenager who stabbed another young man in the cheek and leg after an altercation on a bus has avoided a jail term after spending a week in custody awaiting finalisation of his sentence.
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