Ireland Named in reporting
Lee Crawford
Born 1998, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 1 case, 28 Apr 2025 to 6 Aug 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- 1998, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Assault causing harm
- Where
- Co. Donegal
- Reporting
- 2 reports, 28 Apr 2025 to 6 Aug 2025
- Outlets
- donegallive.ie
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced for assault causing harm in Donegal Assault causing harm · Co. Donegal
On 6 June 2024, Lee Crawford, a 27-year-old man from Ballybofey, Donegal, punched private bus driver Francis Hunter in the face at the Diamond, Donegal Town, after the driver asked him to get off a bus at the Abbey Hotel. The unprovoked punch caused bruising and a black eye, and Hunter has not returned to work since. Crawford, a clerical officer at Letterkenny Garda Station who was suspended from his job, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm. At Donegal District Court on 28 April 2025, the judge ordered a probation report and adjourned the case to 28 July. Crawford was subsequently sentenced to five months in prison, suspended for 12 months, with a €2,000 compensation order.
Sentenced, 6 Aug 2025Convicted, accused · 2 reports
Timeline
every report naming Lee Crawford, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 6 Aug2025Suspended sentence for Donegal man who punched bus driver in unprovoked attackconvicted, Lee Crawford, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Lee Crawford
- 28 Apr2025‘Out of character’ assault on Donegal bus driver had serious consequencesaccused, Lee Crawford, 26, male, named, irish (judged from name)Lee Crawford
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