Damien Greene’s assault sentence appeal dismissed

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Damien Greene’s appeal against a 10-year sentence, with the final three years suspended, for assault causing serious harm was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 17 April 2018. The offence occurred at a house in Bray, County Wicklow, on 20 April 2013.

Greene had been convicted by a majority jury at Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court after a trial on 25 July 2014. The court heard that he sliced Richard Coster’s face with a Stanley knife or blade as Coster left the house.

The Court of Appeal held that the sentencing judge had correctly assessed the seriousness of the offence and the limited mitigation available. It found no basis to interfere with the sentence.