No jail for hairdresser who pulled clumps of hair in attack on homeless woman

Shauna Kavanagh, 35, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to the woman and received a three-month suspended sentence

Shauna Kavanagh got a three-month sentence, suspended as long as she kept the peace and did not re-offend for two years. Picture: Paddy Cummins

A hairdresser who repeatedly punched and tore clumps of hair from a homeless woman's head in a Dublin shelter has avoided jail.

Shauna Kavanagh, 35, of Holycross Avenue, Drumcondra, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to the woman at the Novas Centre, Rathmines Road, on April 24, 2022, and received a three-month suspended sentence.