Teenager jailed for seven years for 'savage attack'

A Ballyfermot teenager who left a Lithuanian national in a "vegetative state" following what was described as "an unprovoked, savage and unwarranted attack" has been jailed for seven years.

Kevin Dunne (aged 19) of Ballyfermot Drive, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting Vytautas Sukys (aged 48) causing him serious harm and to assaulting Sigitas Ziezdrys (aged 23) causing him harm on the bank of the Royal Canal, Phibsboro, Dublin, on September 25, 2004.