'The applicant was intoxicated and he was intoxicated on his previous conviction when he broke someone’s jaw'
A Co Antrim carpet fitter who carried out a “cowardly and unprovoked attack” on a pub doorman knocking out two of his teeth has had his prison sentence reduced to a probation order.
Before the appeal was launched, Lady Chief Justice Siobhan Keegan, sitting with Mr Justice Colton, watched CCTV footage of the assault on December 4, 2021, outside licensed premises in Lisburn, before his arrest by police. The Court of Appeal heard that en route to custody, Coffey “headbutted” a police officer.
He added the appellant had expressed “demonstrable guilt and remorse” for the assaults, he suffers from ADHD and he had attended a 12-week course to deal with his drug and alcohol issues. “The assault on police in this case is a different kettle of fish as it was an assault by surprise with the use of his head and there could have been an intention to cause more serious harm.”
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