Dessie O'Hare jailed seven years for assault and false imprisonment

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Dessie O'Hare was sentenced to ten years, with three suspended, for assault and false imprisonment at the Special Criminal Court on 11 April 2019.

The offences occurred in west Dublin on 9 June 2015, during an attempt to evict a family from The Towers.

The court heard that O'Hare pleaded guilty to assault and false imprisonment, and that the sentences would result in seven years in custody.

The three judges rejected a non-custodial sentence, finding that the offending was premeditated and too serious to overlook.

O'Hare was also subject to the suspended portion of his sentence for the rest of his life.