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Community service for unprovoked attack on co-worker during night out

Date
2023-04-28

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Temple Bar

County
Dublin

Summary

Emanuel Adrian Marcu, 29, of Dublin 8, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm after punching a co‑worker during a night out at Temple Bar on 29 January 2019. The victim, who was on a work night out, was punched twice in the face, sustaining a broken jaw that required surgery and several days in hospital. Marcu, who was intoxicated that night, later claimed he could not remember the incident and that someone had pushed him, but he admitted the attack was unprovoked. He voluntarily appeared at Garda station, offered an apology and brought €2,000 to court. Judge Martina Baxter, noting the seriousness of the injury and Marcu's lack of prior convictions, imposed 240 hours of community service in lieu of a two‑year prison sentence. The sentence was deemed suitable by the Probation Service.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Community service for unprovoked attack on co-worker during night out. Charges or matters: one count of assault causing harm at Temple Bar on January 29, 2019. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

January 29, 2019 Incident
2023-04-28 Publication

Case subjects

Emanuel Adrian Marcu

Defendant

Charges: one count of assault causing harm at Temple Bar on January 29, 2019 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Judge Baxter said the Probation Service had deemed Marcu to be suitable for community service and imposed 240 hours of community service in lieu of a two-year prison sentence.