Suspended term for assault on bus

A man who carried out a prolonged, violent attack on two people in a dispute over a seat on a bus has received a three-year suspended term.

Peter Harte, aged 26, launched the assaults on the man and woman after a disagreement on the bus. The attack lasted 10 minutes and involved head-butting, kicking. and punching.

Harte, of Kildonan Rd, Finglas, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm to Pedro Mendez and Gabriella Leon at Old Kilmainham Rd, Dublin on July 24, 2014.