Father spared jail for attacking daughter’s abuser in court

The father's solicitor said his client had been 'overcome with emotion and knows he should not have done it'

The abuser was convicted following a trial last December of 11 counts of sexual abuse against one girl on dates between 2019 and 2020. File picture

A judge has told a father: "You cannot take the law into your own hands," after he carried out a courtroom attack on his daughter's sex abuser.

The man, who was "overcome with emotion", was spared jail but had a conviction recorded, and he was fined €300 after admitting he assaulted Daniel Martin, aged 47, formerly of Old County Road, Crumlin.