Steven Gillman gets suspended sentence for yacht club assault

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Steven Gillman received a fully suspended two-year sentence for assault causing harm at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 25 November 2024. The assault took place at the Royal St George Yacht Club in Dún Laoghaire on 29 September 2023.

Judge Elma Sheahan set a three-year headline sentence, reduced it to two years and suspended it in full on conditions. She described the assault as serious and said it had profoundly affected the victim; the report said Gillman had €15,000 in court as a token of remorse.