Xolani Mdakani jailed for Dublin lane assault

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Xolani Mdakani was jailed for three years and nine months, with the final nine months suspended, for assault causing harm at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 5 May 2021. The assault happened at Henry Place, Dublin 1, on 9 February 2018. Mdakani had pleaded guilty to grabbing a woman in a headlock and hitting her with a bottle before fleeing when someone shouted from an apartment.

Judge Melanie Greally noted Mdakani’s 36 previous convictions, including three for assault, while saying most were committed when he was a child. The court heard that he was identified from CCTV and admitted the footage showed him; he had been in custody since the previous October.