Chinese 'bandits' jailed for stabbing garda

Two Chinese "bandits" have been given seven years sentences for their "brutal and vicious" armed robbery on female fellow-nationals in which they stabbed a garda who had helped foil their criminal escapade.

Chinese 'bandits' jailed for stabbing garda

Two Chinese "bandits" have been given seven years sentences for their "brutal and vicious" armed robbery on female fellow-nationals in which they stabbed a garda who had helped foil their criminal escapade.

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

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