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Case No. 22549Assault · Co. Donegal · 15 Aug 2018

Donegal man jailed for unprovoked attack on pizza delivery man in Killygordon

Darius McAteer was sentenced to three years' imprisonment (with the final year suspended) at Letterkenny Circuit Court for a violent and unprovoked attack on pizza delivery man Asfaq Anjum at The Curragh, Killygordon, on 15 August 2018. The victim left his job and moved to the UK in fear after the incident.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Verdictnot reported
  6. Sentenced2 Feb
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Key facts

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  • whatMcAteer was sentenced to three years' imprisonment with the final year suspended (donegallive.ie)
  • whatThe victim left his job at Apache and moved to the UK after the attack (donegallive.ie)
  • whatThe victim was in genuine fear due to the force used (donegallive.ie)
  • whatThe assault was entirely unprovoked (donegallive.ie)
  • whatMcAteer was on bail at the time of the attack (donegallive.ie)
  • whatThe victim was taken by ambulance to hospital with injuries to his right eye, head, neck, back and shoulder (donegallive.ie)
  • whatTwo men appeared at the door and another man got into the car and attempted to drive it (donegallive.ie)
  • whereThe attack occurred at an address at The Curragh, Killygordon (donegallive.ie)
  • whenThe attack took place on 15 August 2018 (donegallive.ie)
  • whenMcAteer was arrested on 17 August 2018 (donegallive.ie)
  • investigationThe incident was not captured on CCTV (donegallive.ie)
  • investigationMcAteer made admissions to Gardaí (donegallive.ie)
  • courtThe case was heard at Letterkenny Circuit Court (donegallive.ie)
  • sentenceThe judge set a starting point of four years but reduced the sentence to three years (donegallive.ie)
  • sentenceThe final 12 months were suspended on a bond to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for two years (donegallive.ie)
  • sentenceMcAteer was placed under Probation Service supervision and ordered to comply with rehabilitation directions (donegallive.ie)
  • sentenceMcAteer must remain alcohol and drug free for two years after release (donegallive.ie)
  • otherMcAteer has 61 previous convictions including 45 for public order offences (donegallive.ie)
  • otherThe victim is originally from Afghanistan and moved to Donegal (donegallive.ie)
  • otherMcAteer was currently serving a five-and-a-half-year prison sentence (donegallive.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 2 Feb2023
    Sentenceddonegallive.ie, first report
    Donegal man jailed after attack on pizza delivery man

    Reports the sentencing: McAteer jailed for three years (last year suspended) for the 2018 attack; victim left job and moved to UK; McAteer had 61 previous convictions and was on bail at the time; judge reduced starting point from four to three years.

    victim, Asfaq Anjum, male, Afghan, non-irishAsfaq Anjumconvicted, Darius McAteer, male, named, irish (judged from name)Darius McAteer