Attack left man with brain damage, court hears

A Romanian national has today been sentenced to eight years in prison after he left a construction worker with brain damage having hit him over the head five times with a plank of wood.

Dorel Pantiru (aged 30) of Stammer Street, Dublin 8, pleaded guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to Joseph McDonagh at Middle Abbey Street on December 11, 2007.