Teen jailed over savage attack that left Alanna Quinn Idris blind in one eye

Convicted Person

Charges: assault causing serious harm to Ms Quinn Idris, assault causing harm to her friend Louis O'Sullivan and violent disorder on Ballyfermot Road on December 30, 2021 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Photo: Collins) A teenager who took part in a "savage attack" by a gang of youths that left then 17-year-old Alanna Quinn Idris blind in one eye has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Speaking outside Dublin Circuit Criminal Court this afternoon, Ms Quinn Idris told reporters she felt her victim impact statement had been "pointless" and that she did not feel very good about the sentence imposed. "I've to be like this now for the rest of my life and in four-and-a-half-years' time, he [Lyons] will be out and about," Ms Quinn Idris said.

Defendant

Charges: assault causing serious harm to Ms Quinn Idris, assault causing harm to her friend Louis O'Sullivan and violent disorder on Ballyfermot Road on December 30, 2021 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Speaking outside Dublin Circuit Criminal Court this afternoon, Ms Quinn Idris told reporters she felt her victim impact statement had been "pointless" and that she did not feel very good about the sentence imposed. "I've to be like this now for the rest of my life and in four-and-a-half-years' time, he [Lyons] will be out and about," Ms Quinn Idris said. The court heard that the DPP had recommended a sentence of between ten and 14 years for Lyons and had rated the offence as at the higher end of the scale for assault causing serious harm.