Man spared jail for knife attack on transgender woman

Guilty plea to assault causing harm in an apartment in Dublin city centre in the early hours of September 30, 2017

A man who attacked a transgender woman with a knife and demanded that she provide him with free sex has received a fully suspended sentence.

A man who attacked a transgender woman with a knife and demanded that she provide him with free sex has received a fully suspended sentence.

Liam Vickers, aged 23, also threatened the victim's room-mate when they attempted to intervene.