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Man who punched Brendan Courtney has sentence hearing adjourned - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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The sentence hearing of a man who punched broadcaster Brendan Courtney several times has been adjourned for the preparation of an updated probation report. Ross Deegan (22) of An Riasc, Finglas, Dublin 11 pleaded guilty to assaulting Courtney causing harm on February 27th, 2025, at Usher’s Quay in Dublin city centre. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court previously heard that Courtney was walking home along the quays around 9.30pm when he was beckoned over to a car stopped at traffic lights. The court h
'A danger to young girls': Convicted sex offender raped girl who was intimate with his son - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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Richard Murphy (48) raped the then 16-year-old injured party after coming across her and his son in the garden of the house next door to where he then lived as part of his bail conditions. He was on bail at the time for other sexual offences involving young girls, for which he has since been convicted and is currently serving a sentence. Murphy, of Rectory Heights, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford was convicted of rape and oral rape in October 2022 following a Central Criminal Court trial sitting in Wate
Six-year jail term for ‘cowardly, savage’ attack on homeless man - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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A man who carried out a “savage” and unprovoked one-punch assault on a homeless man in Dublin city centre almost three years ago has been jailed for six years. Shane Murray (then 19) assaulted Damien Merrigan (then 49), who sustained serious injuries, including head and facial fractures at Aston Quay on September 7th, 2023. Merrigan fell to the ground unconscious following the assault and was in Beaumont Hospital for seven days for treatment. A medical report read to the court stated that “major
Man jailed for stabbing victim who thought he was coming to help - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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A kitchen porter who stabbed a man in the back in a daytime “vicious and cowardly” attack, leaving him close to death, has been jailed for six and a half years. The victim in the case was being attacked by another man, who had followed him out of a cafe on the day in question last year, when Adel Attal joined the fray, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard. Horrified onlookers thought Attal was breaking up the fight on Rosie Hackett Bridge, but instead, he grabbed a 12-inch kitchen knife from the
Two men jailed for five years over involvement in violence in Dublin city centre - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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Two men have been jailed for five years for their involvement in violence in Dublin city centre on the night of St Valentine’s Day last year. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that fights broke out on South Anne Street in the early hours of February 15th, 2025. The violence then spilled onto Duke Lane and later onto Dawson Street and a number of victims were punched, kicked, knocked unconscious and suffered bruising. During the violence, Quham Babatunde (34) was allegedly stabbed by another ma
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