Sailor jailed for baseball bat attack

An Irish Ferries sailor who beat a man with a baseball bat in a revenge attack for an alleged sexual offence on a relative has…

An Irish Ferries sailor who beat a man with a baseball bat in a revenge attack for an alleged sexual offence on a relative has been jailed for six months at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Paul Hutton (37), Malahide Road, Dublin, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm on August 29th, 1999.

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