Jeffrey Crowley pleads guilty to assault causing harm

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Jeffrey Crowley pleaded guilty to assaulting Lorraine McCarthy, causing her harm, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The offence occurred at Wheatfield Prison, County Dublin, on 23 February 2014. The proceedings were reported on 18 March 2017.

The court heard that Crowley threw a battery at a cell observation window, breaking the glass and injuring McCarthy’s eye. She suffered no permanent eye injury or loss of vision. His plea was accepted on the basis that he acted recklessly and did not intend to injure her. Judge Pauline Codd adjourned sentencing to May.