Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Derry Crown Court heard today how a man who was walking home was attacked 'out of the blue' in John Street in the city leaving him with two black eyes and requiring stitches.
Darrell Shaw (31) whose address is now Entry Street in Belfast was jailed for a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on the victim on March 2 2021.
Judge Neil Rafferty said that the victim in this case was walking home when he was assaulted by Shaw and left bleeding on the ground with two black eyes.
The judge said Shaw's response to the attack was summed up in four words 'really, really, really drunk.'
The court heard that Shaw had 79 previous convictions and also was in breach of a suspended sentence.
Judge Rafferty said this was 'a violent, random drunken assault on a completely blameless human being.'
He said that since going into custody Shaw was free of drink and drugs and warned him if he did not seek help he was going to face 'longer and longer prison sentences'.
He sentenced Shaw to 40 months in prison with half in custody and half on licence.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
