A man who admitted beating a young man on a footbridge in Tallaght shortly after ringing in the New Year in 2014 has been jailed for a year.
Dale Creighton attended a house party in Tallaght, while James O’Brien celebrated at the Plaza nightclub.
Mr. Creighton left the party at around 3am, and was allegedly chased as a far as a footbridge on St. Dominic’s Road after being accused of stealing a handbag and phone.
The court heard O’Brien got out of a car at the bridge at around 3:50am and was caught on camera punching and kicking Dale as he lay on the ground.
O’Brien, of The Mill, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, initially claimed he only stopped after seeing two people arguing, but later admitted what he’d done.
The judge described the 90 second attack as “cowardly” and sentenced him to two and a half years but suspended the final 18 months.
Seven young people from the Tallaght area are due to stand trial for murder next year.
