No conviction for rugby player if he pays victim €10k

A Limerick rugby player who lost his professional contract after attacking a man during a poker game has avoided a conviction on condition he pays €10,000 to his victim.

Neilus Keogh, aged 27, formerly of Milltown Hall, Mount St Annes, Milltown, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm on Michael Frisby, aged 57, at The Sporting Emporium, Anne’s Lane, Dublin 2, on April 5, 2012.

On his last court appearance in February 2014, Judge Patrick McCartan ordered Keogh to undergo anger management counselling and to return with €10,000 to show “real remorse”.