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Norwegian businessman ordered to pay Copper's glassing victim €17.5k
Summary
A 24‑year‑old Norwegian visitor, Nikolai Vinningland, was found guilty of assault causing harm to Dr. Robert Lee Greaves at Copper Face Jacks nightclub in Dublin on 16 April 2016. Vinningland struck Greaves with a glass that broke, inflicting serious facial and dental injuries. Greaves suffered a lacerated lip, a knocked‑out front tooth, a broken incisor, cuts to his chin, neck and face, and required plastic surgery and extensive dental work. He reported anxiety, embarrassment and financial loss of €7,500. Vinningland pleaded guilty, expressed remorse and provided an apology letter. Judge Martin Nolan sentenced him to a three‑year custodial term suspended in full on the condition that he pay Greaves €10,000 immediately and an additional €7,500 within 18 months, and to maintain good behaviour for three years. No custodial sentence was imposed. The case was heard in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Norwegian businessman ordered to pay Copper's glassing victim €17.5k. Charges or matters: assault causing harm to Mr Lee Greaves at the nightclub in Harcourt Street, Dublin, on April 16, 2016. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- April 16, 2016 Incident
- 2018-01-29 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: assault causing harm to Mr Lee Greaves at the nightclub in Harcourt Street, Dublin, on April 16, 2016 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Vinningland was due to be sentenced late last year but there was no Norwegian interpreter available on the day and he had to fly home again, the court heard. He handed down a three-year sentence which he suspended in full on condition that Vinningland pay his victim the sum of €10,000 immediately.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Harcourt Street
- St James's Hospital
Topics
Pubs And Nightclubs Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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