Gerard Hughes sentenced for assault and dangerous driving

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Gerard Hughes was sentenced to three years, with the final 12 months suspended, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 11 October 2016 for assault, car theft and dangerous driving. The offences included an attack on a hotel manager in Tallaght and taking a car there.

The court heard the woman suffered facial bruising, a split lip and a leg injury, and later changed jobs. Hughes had 47 previous convictions, including burglary, drugs and road traffic offences.

Judge Melanie Greally also disqualified Hughes from driving for 10 years and ordered him to remain of good behaviour for two years. The court heard his defence included significant childhood trauma.