Father who bit of part of victim's ear given suspended sentence
A separated father who bit off part of an ex-colleague’s right ear has escaped jail after he handed over €10,000 compensation to the victim and despite not fulfilling Judge Donagh McDonagh’s order to get himself a job.
David Foley (aged 40) of Broadstone Avenue, Phibsboro pleaded guilty last year at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing Mr Justin Kneeland harm at Eamonn Dorans Pub in Temple Bar on February 1, 2004 and was given a three years prison sentence which was suspended for five years on strict conditions
