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A father of one who was dressed as Superman when he head-butted a man in a nightclub on Halloween night received a two-year suspended sentence.
Denis Ward (39) later told Gardaí that he did not remember the assault, but agreed to “I took the book from him and went to get him” after he was shown CCTV footage of the nightclub showing him taking a fake bible from him. to the victim before he pounced on him.
The victim, Daragh Comerford, was left with a broken nose and later required surgery due to a deviated septum.
Inspector Eamon Lynch told Diarmuid Collins BL, prosecuting, at an earlier sentencing hearing last March, that when he arrived at the club after being alerted to the assault, he was informed by security personnel that the culprit was dressed as Superman. and he had been with a woman dressed as Wonder Woman.
He said that he later detained Ward, who was no longer dressed smartly, but was with a woman dressed as Wonder Woman.
The Superman costume was found discarded in a nearby container.
Later, Comerford told Gardaí that he had seen some fake Bibles at the nightclub and was playing with them when a man in a Superman costume took them away.
He said he told the man to “relax” before Ward gave him a head butt.
Ward of Northern Close, Belcamp Lane, Dublin, pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Court to assault causing injury to Mr. Comerford at D Two Nightclub, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 on October 31, 2017.
He has four prior convictions including three for traffic violations.
Judge Melanie Greally heard through a victim impact statement that the man had suffered a loss of € 1,100 due to medical bills and having to take time off from work.
He then adjourned the case until today, when he handed down a two-year sentence that he suspended entirely.
A victim impact statement said the man was “quite shaken for a few weeks” after the assault and had been absent from work.
He said it affected him both physically and mentally and they gave him photographs of his injuries.
Barry Ward BL, on defense, said his client has not touched alcohol since the assault. Judge Greally noted that alcohol was “a significant factor” in the crime.
He asked the court to take into account that his client was unknown to the Gardaí at the time and that his behavior was “out of place”.
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