Man repeatedly stabbed off-duty garda with fork

Accused offered to sell cocaine to victim, who was socialising with his partner, and then assaulted him when he revealed himself as an off-duty garda, court heard

John Doran, 35, with an address at Richmond Park, Monkstown, Co Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm and production of an article in the course of a dispute at Aungier Street, Dublin City centre, on August 15, 2020.

A man repeatedly stabbed an off-duty garda with a fork during an assault in which his official garda identification card was taken, a court has heard.

John Doran, 35, approached the victim while he was socialising with his partner and asked if he wanted cocaine. The victim went along with the transaction before revealing he was a member of An Garda Síochána.