Laurence Murphy sentenced for assault causing harm

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Laurence Murphy received a three-year prison sentence for assault causing harm at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 16 June 2022. The assault on prison officer Kieran Maher occurred at Wheatfield prison on 10 July 2019. Murphy pleaded guilty to the offence. Judge Melanie Greally reduced a four-year sentence to three years, citing the attack’s ferocity and that Maher was doing his job. Defence counsel Luigi Rea BL told the judge Murphy had worked with the Open University since entering custody. The proceedings were reported on 16 June 2022.