Martin Clarke jailed for assault causing harm with knife

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Martin Clarke was sentenced to four years, with the final year suspended, for assault causing harm and producing a knife at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 18 December 2019.

The attack happened on Dublin’s Liffey boardwalk on 13 June 2017, when Clarke lunged at Antoni Vitti with a knife before chasing him and his husband towards the Arlington Hotel. Clarke pleaded guilty, and Judge Melanie Greally considered his drug addiction, remorse, guilty plea and family support before imposing the sentence on condition that he remain drug-free.