Suspended sentence for Malahide assault

A young Dublin electrician who knocked out an acquaintance’s front tooth after a spat about his girlfriend has received an 18 month suspended sentence.

Brian Lawlor (aged 26) followed Mr Michael Maguire out of Gibneys Pub, Malahide, punched him once in the face and kicked him in the back after an altercation which was broken up by door staff seconds earlier.