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Man who helped meat cleaver attackers avoids jail

Date
2021-10-12

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Aaron Dardis, 25, was given a one‑year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to assisting an offender under section 72 of the Criminal Law Act. He admitted driving a group of young men to the scene of a meat cleaver attack at Balgaddy, Dublin, on 7 August 2017. Dardis said he had offered them a lift after they claimed they were going to a "fair fight" and that he did not hear the assault until days later. The victim, who was walking past the playground, was struck on the arm with a meat cleaver and beaten with other implements, leaving the victim with limited arm use. The court noted Dardis had no prior convictions and was considered low risk of re‑offending, and imposed the suspended sentence on a number of conditions.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Man who helped meat cleaver attackers avoids jail. Charges or matters: one count of assisting an offender contrary to section 72 of the Criminal Law Act at Balgaddy, Dublin on August 7, 2017. Procedural stage: sentence

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