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Young mother avoids jail for attacking woman who woke her up

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, 24‑year‑old Natasha Kavanagh of La Rochelle Apartments was found guilty of assault causing harm after a disturbance outside her bedroom window. The incident began when Catriona Traynor and her friend Karen Carter woke Kavanagh's boyfriend by shouting at the window. Kavanagh responded by shouting back, throwing a carton of milk at Ms Carter, and later, after a scuffle, striking Ms Traynor twice on the head with a hammer that had been handed to her by her boyfriend. Ms Traynor sustained cuts to her head, bruises to her neck, a pulled hair, and other minor injuries. Kavanagh admitted the assault, denied using the hammer, and pleaded guilty to the July 2014 charge. Judge Martin Nolan suspended a two‑year sentence on the condition that Kavanagh remain peaceful and comply with Probation Service instructions for one year, citing mitigating evidence of her mental health and background.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Young mother avoids jail for attacking woman who woke her up. Charges or matters: assault causing harm at Lamb Alley on July 13, 2014. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• July 13, 2014 Incident
• 2016-06-09 Publication

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Stage Sentence Violent Crime

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