Sentencing of sex offender adjourned due to Covid-19 lockdown at Portlaoise jail complex
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The sentencing of a man for sexually assaulting two women in Dublin city centre four years ago has been adjourned because the prison he is on remand in is currently in lockdown.
Philip Murphy (40) was not produced from the Midlands Prison on Wednesday and Judge Melanie Greally adjourned the case to April 16 next for sentence. She said it is likely that she will be imposing a custodial sentence so the adjournment should not impact Murphy.
The Midlands Prison is currently in lockdown after a number of prisoners and staff have tested positive for Covid-19.
Nightclub bouncer jailed for repeatedly assaulting a drunken customer during a fracas
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A nightclub bouncer has been jailed for repeatedly assaulting a drunken customer during a fracas in which another doorman was glassed.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Galin Genov (54) continued to be employed as security up to last March despite another conviction in 2018 for an assault in September 2015.
Two months after that assault Genov punched Sean McEvoy when he thought the victim had pushed another member of the nightclub security after a third doorman had been “glassed”.
The doormen were escorting Mr McEvoy and others from the premises at the end of the night when another man, not Mr McEvoy, smashed a glass to the back of one man s head.
A 24-year-old man has received a four-year suspended sentence after a one-punch attack that left his innocent victim with a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain.
Liam Stoneham, from Bewley Drive in Lucan, Dublin, pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm to father-of-three Adam Ward (42), from Knocklyon in Dublin, outside Sinnott’s pub on King Street close to St Stephen’s Green on the night of February 3, 2019.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Mr Ward suffered serious injuries when he fell to the ground after being punched from behind by Stoneham, who was being thrown out of the pub along with his friend after causing a nuisance earlier at the table where Mr Ward had been sitting with friends.
A father-of-two who agreed to hold over €178,000 of heroin and cannabis because he needed money to pay for his father s funeral has received a fully suspended sentence.
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