Two Chinese men convicted of stabbing garda

Two Chinese men have been convicted of stabbing one garda and acquitted of causing serious harm to another who had helped to foil their robbery attempt on fellow-nationals almost three years ago.

Xiang Cheng (25) and Qian Cheng aka Jian Gong Ten (28), both of no fixed abode, were found guilty by a jury on day seven of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of assaulting Garda James Hendrick causing him harm at Main Street, Raheny on July 13, 2005.