The man was handed a fully suspended sentence after he attacked a transgender sex worker with a knife in 2017. (Envato Elements)
A man who attacked a transgender sex worker with a knife and demanded “free” sex has been handed a fully suspended sentence.
Liam Vickers, 23, pleaded guilty to assaulting the transgender sex worker in Dublin on 30 September, 2017, according to the
At an earlier hearing, Garda Sergeant Karl Colgan told the court that the transgender woman, who has not been named, received a call from Vickers on the date of the assault to ask if she was free to meet.
Vickers visited her home and once they were inside her bedroom, he pulled out a large knife and tried to stab her in the face. She sustained injuries to her face and arm when she tried to block him.
Liam Vickers (23) also threatened the victim s roommate when they attempted to intervene.
He instructed the victim to delete his phone number and text messages from her phone before he left her home.
Vickers of Swifts Grove, Clonshaugh, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm in an apartment in Dublin city centre in the early hours of September 30, 2017.
He has two previous convictions for driving while holding a mobile phone and failure to appear.
The court heard his father pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering his mother in 2009.
Judge Elma Sheahan had previously adjourned sentencing, ordering that Vickers follow all directions of the probation service and directing that drug testing be carried out each month.