Youth who jumped on man's head given suspended sentence
A 17-year-old youth who left a man in a coma by jumping on his head has been given a four-year prison sentence, with two suspended, by Judge Frank O'Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
His co-accused, Jamie O'Reilly (aged 18) of Parslikstown Court, Mulhuddart got a three-year sentence with two suspended for his role in assaulting the man, who had been out at the pub celebrating his birthday with friends.