Overview
- Judge Pauline Codd imposed a 10-year term with the final year suspended and backdated to time served, yielding nine years in custody.
- The defendant, 22 and unnamed for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm for the March 6, 2024 attack.
- Medical reports detailed multiple deep groin wounds, significant blood loss and predicted difficulty with future vaginal childbirth and painful intercourse.
- Gardaí recovered four knives, secured CCTV tracking the group’s movements and retrieved a voice note stating he was "on my way back up with a blade."
- The court heard he had 15 prior convictions and was on bail, and prosecutors placed the case in the higher 10–15 year sentencing bracket.