Colm Delaney sentenced for assault causing harm to sister

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Colm Delaney received a two-year sentence, with the balance suspended, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 24 May 2019. He had pleaded guilty to assaulting his sister causing her harm at their Sandymount address on 1 October 2018.

Judge Karen O’Connor ordered 12 months of probation supervision and took account of Delaney’s early guilty plea, remorse and lack of previous convictions. The report said he had been in custody since the offence and that the court had heard evidence of a stabbing injury to his sister’s back.