James O’Driscoll sentenced for knife threat and assaults

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James O’Driscoll was given a three-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 28 October 2014, after admitting a knife threat and two assaults on gardaí. The knife threat happened at an apartment complex on East Road, East Wall, Dublin, on 18 February 2012.

He admitted assaulting Garda James King at the Mater Hospital on 29 June 2012 and Garda Shona Moran in Crown Alley on 5 July 2012. Judge Mary Ellen Ring suspended the sentence on strict conditions after favourable rehabilitation and restorative justice reports.