Teen who stabbed homeless man in head and chest sentenced to five and half years

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Isabel Hayes

A teenager who stabbed a homeless man in the chest and head and carried out two robberies has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years' imprisonment, with the final 18 months suspended.

Darren Donovan, 18, with an address in Parlickstown Gardens, Mulhuddart pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to John Joseph Joyce, in Temple Bar on June 27, 2015.