File sent to DPP over arrest in lost finger attack

A FILE has gone to the director of public prosecutions following the arrest of an 18-year-old man alleged to have assaulted an English tourist who subsequently lost a finger.

The 18-year-old was arrested on Wednesday evening and released without charge later that night.

He was questioned in relation to an alleged St Patrick’s night assault on a 17-year-old from Somerset who was in Dublin for the weekend with some friends.