Two years in jail for nightclub assault on cousins

A former Ireland ice hockey player has been jailed for two years for assaulting two cousins in a nightclub, leaving one with a broken knee cap and the other with broken jaw.

Two years in jail for nightclub assault on cousins

Patrick Anderson, aged 22, Lanesborough Gardens, Finglas, Dublin, punched the two men in the face and head and continued to assault them after they left the Wright Venue nightclub in Swords, Co Dublin. He has no previous convictions.

One of the victims, Graham Dunne, told gardaí afterwards that Anderson “went crazy punching and kicking” him, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard.

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