‘Rough justice is no justice’: Seven sentenced over fatal assault on Dale Creighton

Five Dublin men have been jailed for between three and seven and a half years for killing a 20-year-old in a 14-minute attack. A woman has been jailed for one year for violent disorder during the attack and another man has received a suspended sentence for possession of a knife at the time.

‘Rough justice is no justice’: Seven sentenced over fatal assault on Dale Creighton

Dale Creighton was assaulted at the footbridge over the Tallaght bypass between Saint Dominic’s Rd and Greenhills Rd in 2014.

He died in hospital the following day. The cause of his death was blunt force injury to his head and face.

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