Man who slashed faces of four people given five-year sentence

A 20-year-old who slashed the faces of four people in separate unprovoked attacks within a 15-minute period has been sentenced to five years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Glen Hogan left all his victims with permanent and disfiguring facial scars after drinking 16 bottles of cider and a large quantity of vodka. Three of his victims were foreign nationals but the court heard this was not a motivating factor.