€30k compo sees attackers avoid jail

Two Limerick men, whose assault on a Cork financial adviser left him in a coma and fighting for his life, walked free from court yesterday after paying €30,000 compensation.

€30k compo sees attackers avoid jail

Alan O’Sullivan and Eddie Shine, both from Ballyine, Old Mill, Newcastle West, each received four-year suspended sentences at Limerick Circuit Court.

They had previously pleaded guilty to a charge of assault causing serious harm to Tomas Twomey, aged 27, of Old Cork Rd, Mallow.

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