Ireland Crime

Named as

Accused

Born

Between April 2001 and April 2002, from the ages reported

Offences

Assault causing harm

Where

Co. Westmeath

Reporting

1 report, 3 Apr 2025 to 3 Apr 2025

Outlets

irishmirror.ie

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• Man stabbed in neck with broken bottle after being falsely accused of stealing headphones in Athlone Assault causing harm · Co. Westmeath

  A man in his 40s was stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle on Connaught Street, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, shortly after midnight on 1 July 2023, after Noel Rattigan, 23, of Ardbrae Park, Athlone, falsely accused him of taking headphones. Rattigan smashed a green bottle off a wall and stuck it into the left side of the victim's neck, leaving him in a pool of blood and permanently scarred from his ear to his neck. Rattigan pleaded guilty to assault causing harm at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court in April 2025. He was remanded in custody pending sentencing in July, and Judge Keenan Johnson is considering a prison term of three years and nine months, having adjourned the case pending a probation report.

  Convicted, 3 Apr 2025Accused · 1 report

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1. 3 Apr2025
   Convictedirishmirror.ie, in Man stabbed in neck with broken bottle after being falsely accused of stealing headphones in Athlone

   Man falsely accused of stealing headphones left in pool of blood after stabbing

   accused, Noel Rattigan, 23, male, named, irish (judged from name)Noel Rattigan♂23IE

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