Appeal likely over leniency of Limerick blinding sentence

The DPP is likely to appeal the leniency of a three-year sentence handed down to a Limerick teenager who blinded a man for life after hitting him in the face with a a hurley, it has emerged.

Darren Frahill (aged 19) of Cosgrave Park, Moyross, Limerick, was jailed at Limerick Circuit Court last Wednesday, after he pleaded guilty to assaulting David Sheehan causing him serious harm on January 11, 2003, at West Singland Road, Garryowen, Limerick.