Case No. 1773Assault (assaulting two Gardaí) · Co. Donegal · 4 Jan 2023
Nikita Burns jailed for four months for assaulting two Gardaí at Letterkenny University Hospital
Nikita Burns, 23, assaulted two Gardaí at Letterkenny University Hospital in Donegal at 1.10am on 4 January 2023, trying to gouge a female officer's eyes, pulling her hair, and kicking a male officer in the shins. She admitted the offences at Letterkenny District Court. On 29 April 2025, Judge Éiteáin Cunningham sentenced her to four months on each of two summonses, running concurrently and concurrent to the life sentence she received in March 2025 for the murder of Robin Wilkin. The assault occurred five months before the Wilkin murder.
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- Sentenced29 Apr
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- Burns tried to gouge the eyes of a female Garda, pulled her hair, and kicked a male officer in the shins.
- Where
- The assault took place at Letterkenny University Hospital in Donegal.
- When
- The incident occurred at 1.10am on 4 January 2023.
- Investigation
- Burns was placed in a patrol car at the hospital following an incident before the assault.
- Charges
- Burns admitted assaulting two Gardaí on two summonses.
- In court
- Judge Éiteáin Cunningham sentenced Burns at Letterkenny District Court on 29 April 2025.
- Sentence
- Burns was jailed for four months on each of the two summonses, running concurrently and concurrent to her life sentence.
- Other details
- Burns had been sentenced to life in March 2025 for the murder of Robin Wilkin, whose body was thrown over cliffs at Sliabh Liag in south Donegal.
- The assault offences occurred five months before the murder of Robin Wilkin in June 2023.
- Burns had no previous convictions at the time of the assault and was suffering significant mental health deterioration.
- Burns has no recollection of the assault incident.
17 statements extracted from the articles
- whatBurns tried to gouge the eyes of a female Garda (irishmirror.ie)
- whatBurns pulled the female Garda's hair (irishmirror.ie)
- whatBurns kicked a male officer in the shins (irishmirror.ie)
- whatBurns was placed in a patrol car at the hospital following an incident (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe assault took place at Letterkenny University Hospital (irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe incident occurred at 1.10am on 4 January 2023 (irishmirror.ie)
- courtJudge Éiteáin Cunningham sentenced Burns at Letterkenny District Court (irishmirror.ie)
- sentenceBurns was jailed for four months on each of the two summonses, running concurrently and concurrent to her life sentence (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe assault offences occurred five months before the murder of Robin Wilkin in June 2023 (irishmirror.ie)
- otherBurns and Alan Vial were both sentenced to life for the murder of Robin Wilkin in March (irishmirror.ie)
- otherRobin Wilkin's body was thrown over cliffs at Sliabh Liag in south Donegal (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe victim had been bashed with a rock at Roshin near Killybegs (irishmirror.ie)
- otherBurns had no previous convictions at the time of the assault (irishmirror.ie)
- otherBurns was suffering significant mental health deterioration (irishmirror.ie)
- otherBurns had been placed in care at an early age (irishmirror.ie)
- otherBurns began experimenting with drugs and found herself homeless (irishmirror.ie)
- otherBurns has no recollection of the assault incident (irishmirror.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 29 Apr2025Woman jailed for life gets extra sentence for Gardai attack months before murder
Additional concurrent sentence for the January 2023 assault on Gardaí, separate from and running concurrent to the life sentence for the June 2023 murder of Robin Wilkin.
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