Ireland Named in reporting
James Doheny
Born 1954, from the ages reported. 7 reports across 1 case, 3 Sep 2024 to 12 Feb 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- 1954, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Assault causing harm, Assault, Possession of an article
- Where
- Co. Donegal
- Reporting
- 7 reports, 3 Sep 2024 to 12 Feb 2025
- Outlets
- irishmirror.ie, donegallive.ie, irishtimes.com
Cases
latest first- Letterkenny man sentenced for assault causing harm and assault Assault causing harm · Co. Donegal
John McGinley, a 20-year-old Irish man from Letterkenny, stabbed Patrick Durning in the ear and neck while Durning waited for a taxi on Main Street on 31 October 2022, and punched and kicked 70-year-old James Doheny at Glenwood Park on 16 June 2023. McGinley was arrested, charged with assault causing harm, assault, and possession of an article, and pleaded guilty to all three offences at Letterkenny Circuit Court. He was already serving a three-and-a-half-year sentence for a 2022 knife attack when Judge John Aylmer sentenced him in February 2025 to a total of six years and 10 months, with one three-year term suspended on conditions.
Sentenced, 12 Feb 2025Victim · 7 reports
Timeline
every report naming James Doheny, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 12 Feb2025'Very dangerous' Irish man jailed for vicious attacks on strangersvictim, James Doheny, 70, male, irish (judged from name)James Doheny
- 12 Feb2025'Very dangerous' Letterkenny man jailed for attacks on strangersvictim, James Doheny, 70, male, irish (judged from name)James Doheny
- 5 Feb2025'Ashamed' Donegal man who attacked two strangers begs victims for forgivenessvictim, James Doheny, 70, male, irish (judged from name)James Doheny
- 5 Feb2025Letterkenny man who attacked strangers at ‘high risk’ of reoffending, court toldvictim, James Doheny, 70, male, irish (judged from name)James Doheny
- 11 Nov2024Man who violently attacked two complete strangers pleads guilty and awaits sentencevictim, James Doheny, 70, male, irish (judged from name)James Doheny
- 11 Nov2024Letterkenny teen to be sentenced for brutal random attacksvictim, James Doheny, 70, male, irish (judged from name)James Doheny
- 3 Sep2024Man faces trial over unprovoked assault of pensionervictim, James Doheny, irish (judged from name)James Doheny
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