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Victim needed 43 stitches after unprovoked street attack
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 30 April 2014, Michael Hanrahan, aged 35, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm after slashing Martin Wall with a Stanley blade on Henry Street. The attack left Wall with a permanent disfiguring scar requiring 43 stitches to his head, nose, lip and face. Hanrahan, who lives on Mac Uilliam Parade, Tallaght, had 68 prior convictions for road traffic offences, assault, burglary, criminal damage and assaulting a Garda. Judge Martin Nolan described the injuries as a "very apparent disfiguring scar" that would have a long‑term effect and said the attack was one that Wall "certainly didn't deserve." Hanrahan was sentenced to three years and nine months' imprisonment. The case was prosecuted by Elva Duffy BL, with Garda Nicola Connolly reporting that she responded to the incident at 4 pm and that CCTV footage identified Hanrahan, who was arrested the following November.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Victim needed 43 stitches after unprovoked street attack. Charges or matters: assault causing harm to Mr Wall on Dublin's Henry Street on April 30, 2014. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- April 30, 2014 Incident
- 2016-07-06 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: assault causing harm to Mr Wall on Dublin's Henry Street on April 30, 2014 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: He jailed Hanrahan for three years and nine months having commented that the injuries sustained were significant enough to warrant the accused being charged with a more serious offence.
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Topics
Burglary Road Traffic Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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