Jordan Maguire jailed for Temple Bar assault that caused life-threatening injuries

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Jordan Maguire was jailed for three years and nine months after pleading guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm in a group attack on a man near Temple Bar. The victim suffered slash wounds to his face and puncture wounds to his back, neck and arms, and needed life-saving surgery. The court heard Maguire could be seen striking the victim with an implement, but the State accepted he was not responsible for the more serious head and facial injuries.

Maguire was the only person gardaí identified from CCTV of the assault on December 21, 2022. The judge described the attack as being at the highest level of seriousness for such offences and accepted Maguire’s guilty plea. The victim said most of the other perpetrators remained free, leaving him frustrated; the judge said all the assailants had been involved in the attack together.