Man jailed for 'vicious and savage' Co Meath assaults

A man has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for his role in a series of "vicious and savage" assaults which left a man with severe brain damage.

The court heard evidence from Detective Garda John Trimble of Ashbourne Garda Station who said that seven people were injured on the night of the incident, which began across the road from the Ashbourne House hotel and the Garda station shortly after 3am.The sentencing hearing heard how the group of men had been socialising in Ashbourne that night and after leaving the nightclub there was a verbal exchange with another group of people.

A number of other people who were socialising in other groups tried to intervene and the court heard how they were also assaulted.

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