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Criminal who stabbed victim in attempted robbery is jailed for five years
Summary
Gavin Guinan Cahill, 38, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment after he stabbed David Hawkins in the chest, cut his arm and then used a broken knife handle to cut Hawkins' neck during an attempted robbery on Aungier Street on 17 February 2014. Hawkins required lung re‑inflation and stitches for his chest wound. Guinan Cahill pleaded guilty to assault causing harm and two attempted robbery charges at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. He had 35 prior convictions, including a 2005 assault where he stabbed a man and threatened a taxi driver. At the time of arrest he had two knives on his leg. The judge, Melanie Greally, noted his long history of drug abuse and the serious risk posed to Hawkins, and imposed the five‑year term. No further outcomes or future actions are mentioned in the article.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Criminal who stabbed victim in attempted robbery is jailed for five years. Charges or matters: assault causing harm and two charges of attempted robbery on Aungier Street on February 17, 2014. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- February 17, 2014 Incident
- 2016-05-09 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: assault causing harm and two charges of attempted robbery on Aungier Street on February 17, 2014 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: The judge said that Mr Hawkins had been exposed to "a very serious risk" with the use of a knife to both his chest and neck before she jailed Guinan Cahill for five years.; Judge Melanie Greally had adjourned the case last week having heard evidence to allow Guinan Cahill attend his son's First Communion.
Places mentioned
- Lissadel Road
- Dublin
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Aungier Street
- shorts while at the garda station
- brought back to the garda station
Topics
Drugs Stage Sentence Taxi Trouble Theft Violent Crime
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