Clare man who repeatedly stamped on hotel guest's head in unprovoked attack avoids jail

The judge said: 'It was an unprovoked and very violent attack. The accused clearly targeted the victim’s head with several stamps.'

In light of Lee O’Brien’s early guilty plea, and his efforts to rehabilitate himself, the judge imposed a suspended two-year jail sentence and ordered that he pay Mr Sutton €500 compensation. File picture: iStock

A man who repeatedly stamped on another man’s head during an unprovoked attack at a Limerick hotel has avoided jail after receiving a fully suspended sentence.

Lee O’Brien, aged 25, with an address at Cratloe Woods Student Village, Co Clare, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Danny Sutton, (born 1997), from Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford, at the South Court Hotel, Raheen, Limerick, on September 9, 2018.