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Unprovoked mob attack saw bouncer repeatedly stabbed and left with punctured lung
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 6 March 2024, Niall Brooks, aged 26, was sentenced to three years and three months' imprisonment for his role in an unprovoked mob attack on a nightclub bouncer at Buzz nightclub, Red Cow Moran Hotel, on 9 November 2019. Brooks pleaded guilty to an amended charge of assault with intent to commit violent disorder after initially denying assault causing harm. He received a two‑year sentence for the nightclub assault and a consecutive 15‑month sentence for possessing 150 g of crack cocaine for sale or supply, found in an air vent in his kitchen. The court noted that the security guard suffered a punctured lung, three stab wounds to his back, two fractured ribs and a fractured elbow, and that the attack involved a group of six to ten men, including Brandon Brooks, who had previously been sentenced for assault in the same incident.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Unprovoked mob attack saw bouncer repeatedly stabbed and left with punctured lung. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- November 9, 2019 Incident
- 2024-03-06 Publication
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Accused
Outcome: The court previously heard that the security worker had been "doing the odd night on the door to save for a mortgage and a wedding." Niall Brooks (26), whose own counsel said had led a "life of anti-social behaviour", was today jailed for three years and three months for his role in attacking the security man at Buzz nightclub, Red Cow Moran Hotel, on November 9, 2019, and for a separate charge of possessing crack cocaine for sale or supply at his home. At a hearing in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today, Judge Martin Nolan sentenced Brooks to two years for the nightclub assault and to a consecutive sentence of 15 months for possessing crack cocaine for sale or supply.
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Drugs Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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