Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

John Hume

Born between April 1947 and April 1948, from the ages reported. 1 report across 1 case, 3 Apr 2025 to 3 Apr 2025

Victim: John Hume, Irish man, 77 (judged from name)John Hume

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Born
Between April 1947 and April 1948, from the ages reported
Offences
Assault causing harm (Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, Section 3)
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
1 report, 3 Apr 2025 to 3 Apr 2025
Outlets
gript.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Man sentenced for assault causing harm at Ilac shopping centre, Dublin Assault causing harm (Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 · Co. Dublin

    Alin Bujor, a 23-year-old man, pleaded guilty to assaulting John Hume, a 77-year-old retired chartered surveyor, at the Ilac shopping centre library in Dublin in July. Bujor struck Hume in the face as he was returning books, causing him to fall and hit a wall, fracturing his clavicle. Bujor was arrested on 9 October after gardaí identified him from CCTV footage of the incident. He was sentenced to three years in prison, with the final 15 months suspended, backdated to 9 October.

    Sentenced, 3 Apr 2025Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming John Hume, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 3 Apr2025
    Sentencedgript.ie, in Man sentenced for assault causing harm at Ilac shopping centre, Dublin
    Elderly man sustained shoulder fracture in Ilac centre assault - Gript
    victim, John Hume, 77, male, irish (judged from name)John Hume

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