Phillip Kavanagh jailed for assaulting Garda Conor Mohan

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Phillip Kavanagh was sentenced to four months in prison for assaulting Garda Conor Mohan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 28 October 2021. The assault occurred at Aylward Green, Cappagh Road, Finglas, on 7 January 2017.

After his July 2021 trial, Kavanagh was convicted of assaulting Mohan and acquitted of assault causing harm to Garda Theresa Moore. The judge had previously proposed 240 hours of community service instead of four months’ imprisonment, but Kavanagh was not deemed suitable for that option.

At the sentencing hearing, Judge Martin Nolan said Kavanagh appeared to have placed obstacles in the way of completing community service. He then imposed the four-month prison sentence.