The blade of the knife used by Wayne Keogh became embedded in his mother's back during the attack and had to be surgically removed, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard today.

A former boxing champion who glassed a man in the face three years after he bit part of another man’s ear off has been sentenced to six years with the final two suspended at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 20-year-old former boxing champion who bit part of a man’s ear off during a drunken row will be sentenced later by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.