Suspended sentence for 'life-changing' one-punch attack too lenient
by Seán McCárthaigh A man who left a soldier with life-changing injuries following a one-punch attack outside a nightclub will be sent to prison after his original suspended sentence was successfully appealed by the Director of Public prosecutions on the grounds of undue leniency. The Court of Appea
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The Court of Appeal in Dublin has quashed a fully suspended sentence imposed on a man convicted of assault causing serious harm to a Defence Forces member. Cian Cox, aged 26 and originally from Breaffy, County Mayo, pleaded guilty to the attack on David McCormack outside the Electric Garden nightclub on Abbeygate Street, Galway on 5 May 2017. Mr McCormack sustained life-threatening injuries including a twelve-day…
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