Daniel Rains loses assault sentence appeal

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Daniel Rains lost his appeal against a two-and-a-half-year sentence for assault causing harm at the Court of Appeal on 15 October 2015. The original assault happened at Lapello nightclub on Dame Street, Dublin, on 26 January 2014. Rains had pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court and admitted three further assaults on security staff, which were taken into account. The Court of Appeal held that the sentence was not excessive and dismissed the appeal.