Woman to be sentenced for assault

A mother-of-four who was acquitted of her close friend’s manslaughter but found guilty of assault causing harm outside the Rotunda Hospital, is to be sentenced in July.

Michelle Brannigan (aged 36) with an address at Hill Street, Dublin 1, had pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to unlawfully killing Tracey O’Brien (aged 31) at Parnell Square West on June 25, 2009.