Michael Bonner gets suspended sentence for assault

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Michael Bonner received a three-year suspended sentence for assault causing harm at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 9 October 2015. The offence happened at Hayworth Terrace, Ongar, Dublin, on 14 August 2013. Bonner had pleaded guilty to stabbing Gary Dawnay twice in the shoulder with a steak knife, causing his lung to partially collapse. Judge Desmond Hogan said the attack involved little premeditation but was a serious and disproportionate response. The judge suspended the sentence for three years, ordered alcohol treatment if required and directed that €3,000 raised by Bonner be given to Dawnay.