Romanian jailed for five years for attack
A Romanian man who savagely slashed his ex-girlfriend's face in what was described as "a Transylvanian horror story worthy of the pages of Bram Stoker" has been jailed for five years by Judge Frank O'Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Eugene Cotizo Murzan went into the Swan Shopping Centre in Rathmines, bought a 'Stanley' knife and waited a number of hours for Ms Marinela Ancuta Gardus to enter.