Kieran O'Shaughnessy A THUG who knocked out a man in the street has avoided going to custody after pleading with a judge that he would not be allowed to go and live in Australia if he was jailed. Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard how Kieran O'Shaughnessy, 20, left Liam Priestly with a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain after punching him during a night out in Ramsbottom. But despite hearing how Mr Priestly suffered a broken front tooth and was forced to take three weeks off following the incident, Judge Angela Nield took pity on the defendant, who sobbed throughout the hearing, after she heard how he planned to join his two elder brothers in Sydney.