Keith Macken sentenced to nine years for Dublin Airport wheel-brace attack

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Keith Macken was sentenced to nine years in prison for an attack on Lisa Lynch outside Dublin Airport on 20 October 2023. He had pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm after initially pleading not guilty, changing his plea on the first day of trial after hearing Lynch’s evidence.

The court heard that Macken struck Lynch several times with a wheel brace, leaving her unconscious. She was hospitalised for nearly three weeks and underwent emergency surgery to remove her ruptured spleen. A treating doctor said her injuries could have been fatal without treatment.

He also received a separate 18-month sentence for a burglary in Swords on 29 December 2021; the judge ordered both sentences to run consecutively, making a total sentence of 10 and a half years.