Oliver Callely’s sentencing has been adjourned until 7 February next.
The entrance to Copper Face Jacks on Harcourt Street. Image: RollingNews.ie The entrance to Copper Face Jacks on Harcourt Street. Image: RollingNews.ie LAWYERS FOR THE son of former politician Ivor Callely have described his lighting of a firework in a crowded nightclub as “moronically stupid and dangerous”.
At his sentence hearing today Dean Kelly BL, defending, told the court that earlier that day Dublin had beaten Mayo in a football replay and his client had drunk a great deal. The next day he still felt in pain and was referred to A&E by his GP and was treated in the burns unit. He attended the burns unit eight times over the next two months.
He left the jurisdiction prior to being charged and took up work in the US. He was later arrested under an extradition warrant and spent just under a month in a federal facility.Gda Niall Murray told the court that Callely has no other convictions and was given the Probation Act for an offence of assault causing harm committed at Copper Face Jacks on October 25, 2014.Victim impact statement
Kelly said his client had had a troubled and difficult family life and his parents are separated. He said his mother and sister are decent hard working people and were in court to support him.
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