Teenager gets suspended sentence for serious assault in Dublin

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A teenager received a fully suspended three-and-a-half-year detention sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 30 July 2019 for assault causing serious harm. The attack happened at St Stephen’s Green in 2016, leaving the victim blind in one eye.

The teenager had pleaded guilty and was previously placed under probation supervision. Judge Martin Nolan confirmed the detention but suspended it in full after noting the teenager’s engagement with probation and lack of previous convictions.