David Murphy jailed for taxi-driver bottle attack

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David Murphy was resentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison, with the final two years suspended, for assault causing harm, reported on 22 July 2020.

The Court of Appeal increased the sentence after finding that the original suspension had resulted in undue leniency.

Murphy had pleaded guilty after smashing a beer bottle over a taxi driver’s head on Slade Road, Saggart, on 21 March 2015.

The court was told Murphy had 41 previous convictions, including assault causing harm, violent disorder and criminal damage.