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A WOMAN sustained a black eye after she was pushed down the stairs at her place of work in Kilrush, a court heard yesterday.
Arising out of the incident, Michael Sweeney (20), of Wood Road, Kil- rush, admitted assaulting Bernadette Adams at Leahy’s accountants in Kilrush, on April 6, 2006. He also admitted stealing a mobile phone from the office.
Garda Donal Corkery told Ennis Circuit Court that Ms Adams had been pushed down the stairs, after two youths had entered the office.
She sustained a black eye and suf- fered from headaches in the after- math of the incident.
Gda Corkery said the two young men appeared to have entered the of- fice – located upstairs – after they saw the door open and climbed the stairs. However he said that Sweeney’s character had improved significantly since the incident.
‘He’s not associated with the peo- ple he used to associate with. These people were his downfall,” he said.
Judge Carroll Moran told Sweeney he hoped he appreciated that the garda had been very fair to him.
He imposed a 12 month jail sen- tence and suspended it.