Thursday, June 5, 2014
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No jail for attack with a hammer by Jessica Magee
A PLUMBER who broke a man’s skull with a claw hammer after finding him in his former partner’s bed has avoided a jail sentence. Simon Early, 27, of Old Brazil Way, Swords, got a suspended sentence for the attack, which left the victim with a 2.7cm fracture in his skull. Early pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to David Griffin at Ashton Rise, Swords, in October, 2011. Judge Mary Ellen Ring sentenced him to two-and-a-half years in prison but suspended it in full on condition that Early keeps the peace for 12 months. She accepted that the attack was out of character and that Early was sorry, but said he could have caused permanent or fatal injury. The court heard that Early had been dropping his two-and-a-half-year-old
Victim feared he was going to be killed
Trinity scientists discover new species A NEW species of a tiny, colourful bird has been found by Irish scientists in a small under-explored island chain in the tropics. Zoologists from Trinity College Dublin named the new find the Wakatobi Flowerpecker (Dicaeum kuehni) after identifying
it on numerous expeditions to the biodiversity hotspot of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Confirming the discovery, Sean Kelly, PhD student at Trinity and lead author of the study, said: ‘As humans are changing the natural environments of Sulawesi at an
incredibly fast rate, the discovery and description of species in the region is of major importance.’ The findings of this latest zoological discovery have been published in the journal PLOS ONE.
Keep Dublin tidy – Please recycle this Metro Herald when you are finished with it
daughter to the home of his former partner Bethany Hourigan, but that despite there being an agreement between the estranged couple that no man would stay over at the house while their child was there, he had arrived early and walked in to find Mr Griffin in bed. He went downstairs and then returned wielding a claw hammer which he started swinging at Mr Griffin’s head, inflicting several head wounds on the victim. Mr Griffin shouted: ‘You’re going to kill me,’ to which Early responded, ‘I don’t f***ing care.’ Mr Griffin told gardaí he was not keen for a sentence to be imposed as Early was the father of a young child.