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Man sentenced to eight years for stabbing 15-year-old
Summary
Aaron Byrne, aged 22, was sentenced to eight years in prison for stabbing a 15‑year‑old in Naas, County Kildare, after a dispute over a €250 cannabis debt. Byrne had previously demanded the money at the victim's home and had given €100 the day before the stabbing. On 12 April 2014, he met the teenager at a service station and later at a housing estate, where a confrontation escalated. Byrne stabbed the boy under the rib cage, penetrating the chest wall and left lung, causing a major bleed that required immediate surgery. The victim recovered after five days in hospital and returned to school and sport. Byrne pleaded guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm. Judge Martin Nolan imposed an eight‑year term, suspended the final three years, and ordered 18 months of probation. The case highlighted the seriousness of the assault and the victim's recovery.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Man sentenced to eight years for stabbing 15-year-old. Charges or matters: intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the teenager in Naas on April 12, 2014. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- April 12, 2014 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2015-07-15 Publication
Why: A Dublin man who stabbed a 15-year-old in Kildare leaving him with life threatening injuries because the teenager had failed to pay a drug debt has been sentenced to eight years in prison. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the teenager in Naas on April 12, 2014 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Places mentioned
- Kilclare Crescent
- Tallaght
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Tallaght
- Tallaght hospital
Topics
Drugs Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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