Karl Harrison given suspended sentence for assault causing harm

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Karl Harrison was given a two-year suspended sentence for assault causing harm at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 15 January 2018.

The offence happened at Townhouse B&B on Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin, on 1 April 2017, when Harrison poured boiling water over his partner’s back in front of their four children.

Harrison pleaded guilty to one count of assault causing harm and had no previous convictions.

Judge Martin Nolan described the act as despicable and cowardly but said it did not merit an immediate jail sentence in the circumstances.