Ordered to do 80 hours community service for assault

Damien McKeon, Killapogue, Croghan, Boyle, Co Roscommon was convicted and ordered to carry out 80 hours of community service in lieu of four months imprisonment for a section 3 assault at Bridge Street, Carrick-on-Shannon on September 15, 2019.

Solicitor John Anderson said the Probation Report was favourable for his client who had 36 previous convictions.

The defendant is a 31-year-old single man with a four-year-old daughter.

The Probation Report recommended community service.

The victim had previously spoken in court.