Man with 172 convictions jailed for role in attack on and abduction of homeless man

Judge Pauline Codd at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court says victim was ‘savagely beaten’ and that it was clear Wade O’Brien was central to ‘sinister attack’Wade O’Brien , of Park Na Sillogue, Enniskerry, Wicklow, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to affray at Rathsallagh Park, Shankill, on April 5th, 2021. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish TimesA man who played “a central role” in the attack and abduction of a homeless man has been jailed for three years.

Garda Declan Hartley told Michael Hourigan BL, prosecuting, that the victim turned up at a stranger’s house that morning just after 9.30am with obvious injuries. A woman living there brought him into the home and contacted gardaí.I had the luxury for a few years to not have to question holding my wife’s hand on the street

Garda Hartley said the man had not co-operated further with the investigation and had not prepared a victim impact statement. Judge Codd said the victim had been “savagely beaten”, and that it was clear from the footage that O’Brien was “central to this sinister attack”.

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