Addict stabbed doctor seven times with scissors as he tried to rob his backpack

Court heard accused had 124 previous convictions and since the age of 14, his longest period out of custody was about six months

Court heard accused had 124 previous convictions including for robbery, attempted robbery, assault, theft, carrying weapons, public order offences, criminal damage, misuse of drugs, possession of drugs in prison, threatening to kill and road traffic offences.

A criminal with 124 previous convictions needed money for drugs when he knocked a passerby from his e-scooter and stabbed him seven times with a pair of scissors, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Christopher Coakley, 31, pleaded guilty in March to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm at Seville Place, Dublin, on January 28, 2021.