Elliot Toale jailed for assault causing harm in Dublin

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Elliot Toale was jailed for assault causing harm at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 9 May 2024, receiving a two-year sentence with the final 16 months suspended. The assault happened on Capel Street on 11 February 2023.

Toale pleaded guilty to assaulting a man in his sixties and causing him harm, and to stealing and producing a kitchen knife. The court heard that he pushed the man from behind after taking his mobility scooter, and later ran from a shop with a knife after a tourist intervened.

The man suffered a fracture to part of his left hand, damaged fingers, a bleeding nose and dentures broken in two. Toale had 23 previous convictions and was on bail when the offences were committed.