Limerick man spared jail for slitting throat in 2001

The passage of time added to the complexity of an assault case involving a man who slit another man’s throat as they travelled home from a birthday party in September 2001, a court heard.

Alan Boohan, aged 34, of Glenogra, Fedamore, Co Limerick, was yesterday given a suspended sentence at Limerick Circuit Court for intentionally and recklessly causing serious harm to Eoghan O’Callaghan.

Boohan was found guilty by a jury two months ago after a three-day trial.