Dublin addict jailed for bursting lip of ‘tough stuff’ solicitor

A Dublin drug addict who burst a solicitor’s lip after she had pursued him for taking her phone has been jailed for two years.
Dublin addict jailed for bursting lip of ‘tough stuff’ solicitor

Aaron Carey, aged 28, punched Áine Ní Riain, a district court solicitor, in the face when he took her phone while she was on her way home from work.

Carey, who was residing at Judge Darleys Hostel, Parkgate St, Dublin, at the time, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting Ms Ní Riain causing her harm at Benburb Street and at Wolfe Tone Quay on January 24, 2015.

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