Five year sentence for man who beat up Chinese student

A 56 year-old man has been given a five year sentence for his role in what Judge Tony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court called "a crime motivated by xenophobia and racism".

Thomas Atkinson of Kildare Park, Crumlin was part of a mob that forced their way into a neighbour’s house and beat up a Chinese student because they wrongly believed he had abused two girls as a result of a false claim by one of them that they were held there against their will.