Born-again Christian jailed for 'outrageous' machete attack

Victim left with 'disfiguring scar' on face

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Francis Comerford imposed a 32-month prison term and suspended the final 18 months for assault causing harm.

A judge has jailed a teenage born-again Christian for 14 months for an "outrageous" broad daylight machete attack on a busy street in Ennis, Co Clare, that left his victim requiring 40 stitches to a facial wound.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Francis Comerford imposed a 32-month prison term and suspended the final 18 months on Trevor Quinn, aged 18, after Quinn pleaded guilty to the assault causing harm of Shane Tuohy on Ennis’s Cornmarket St at 3.30pm on November 20, 2024.