Man (23) receives increased sentence for ‘alarming and shocking’ assault

A 23-year-old student who subjected a man to an “alarming and shocking” 20-minute assault in which he delivered 250 blows will now serve a further two years in prison after the State objected to the undue leniency of his original four-year sentence.

Mr Justice Michael McGrath said that Daragh McLoughlin (23) had shown “no mercy” to the victim and his culpability was “extremely high”, as the Court of Appeal increased the sentence to eight years and two months in prison, with the final two years and two months suspended.

McLoughlin, of Richmond Hill, Cork, was convicted last May by Judge Johnathan Dunphy at Anglesea Street Courthouse of assault causing harm at Paul Street, Cork, on October 18th, 2022.

At the sentencing hearing, the court was shown a CCTV recording of the assault in which McLoughlin confronted the injured party on Paul Street in Cork.

He wrestled him to the ground before beginning a sustained assault on him. The court heard there had been some bad blood…

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