€30,000 ‘not enough’ for attack says judge

A CASE against a 21-year-old man who savagely beat another man, putting his life in the balance, was yesterday adjourned until next March to allow him pay a total of €50,000 in compensation.

Judge Carroll Moran was told at the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee that the family of stone mason James Leen, of Poulawaddra, Tralee, had paid €30,000 to the solicitors for the injured party, Douglas Williams, on Thursday.

However, the Judge remarked that the sum, while substantial, was not enough and he gave the accused until March to pay a further €20,000.