Conor Stewart jailed for samurai sword assault in Dublin

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Conor Stewart was jailed for four years for assault causing harm at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court; the report was published on 1 April 2025.

He pleaded guilty to assault causing harm and producing a samurai sword after the attack at Kilcross Grove, Sandyford, on 18 June 2020.

The court heard Stewart owed the victim’s brother €50 over a drug debt when he and another man attacked the victim.

The victim received hospital treatment for head wounds requiring stitches and later made a full recovery.

Judge Martin Nolan accepted the guilty plea was valuable and imposed the four-year prison term.