'White knight' fined after wrongful attack

A "white knight" father of two who attacked a man because he wrongly thought he had stolen a DVD player has been fined €1,000 and may have the option of community service in lieu of jail.

Alan Kavanagh (aged 23) of Neilstown Gardens, Clondalkin, pleaded guilty to assaulting Mr Noel Timmons on Neilstown Avenue, on January 18, 2003.