Man jailed for assault that left clamper profoundly disabled

A Clondalkin man who left a clamper with severe neurological damage after he struck his head with a lump hammer has been sentenced to 10 years with the final three suspended.

Gheorghe Pista was clamping Gerard Sweeney’s girlfriend’s car when Sweeney approached him shouting and swearing that he was not going to pay the fine.