Engineer guilty of attacking solicitor with umbrella

An environmental engineer has been spared a jail sentence for assaulting a solicitor with an umbrella after they bumped into each other on a rainy evening in Dublin.

David Christie, aged 53, brought a private prosecution at Dublin District Court alleging he was assaulted by Frank Lunny, aged 73, of Stewarts Hall, Parnell Street, Dublin 1, at Capel Street, on July 27 last year.