Judge brands young woman 'a complete thug' for attack that left girl, 13, in hospital

The court heard the girl had stopped attending school, lost all her friends and was suffering various health problems since tha attack three years ago

The girl was brought by ambulance to Tallaght University Hospital where she was required to have an overnight stay to treat injuries to her head and neck. Photo: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

A judge has branded a young Wicklow woman who carried out a violent assault on a 13-year-old girl outside a teenage disco in Wicklow Town as “a bully and a complete thug.” 

Judge Martina Baxter said the assailant, Shannon Kehoe (19), had “ruined another person’s life” after hearing of the traumatic impact of the assault on the young girl. After seeing a video of the assault taken by a bystander that had been posted on Facebook, Judge Baxter described the incident as “appalling” and “shocking.”