Limerick man sentenced to 15 years for schoolboy assault

A Limerick man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for leaving a school boy with permanent brain damage after beating him unconscious in an unprovoked attack.

The 18-year-old from Lisanalta, Dooradoyle, who was in the care of the HSE at the time, was caught on camera inflicting 65 kicks and stamps to his 16-year-old victim’s head, along with two stamps to his chest and 26 punches.