Three Dublin men have been jailed for nine months for their involvement in a racist attack on an English tourist and a local bystander.
Derek Kenny (32), of Meades Terrace, Dublin 2; Brian Lee (24) of Raheen Park, Ballyfermot; and Philip Uzell (20) of Boyne Street, Dublin 2, pleaded guilty to involvement in various stages of the attack on the two men on June 11th, 2000 on Pearse Street in Dublin.
Detective Garda Oliver McEnerney told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court the main culprit, David Colclough (21) of Pearse Street, was jailed for seven-and-a-half years in October 2001.
Colclough stabbed Mr David Richardson (46) several times with a Swiss army knife, leaving him with severe injuries that forced him to give up his work as a metal engineer and go on disability benefits.
Kenny, Lee and Uzell admitted being involved in the attack on Mr Richardson's son, Christian, and on Mr Frank Murray, who was an innocent bystander at the scene.
Judge Elizabeth Dunne said it was clear the three men before her had played comparatively small parts in the attack, and she might have considered non-custodial sentences had it not been for the underlying element of racism.