Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Born

Between December 1988 and May 1989, from the ages reported

Offences

Serious assault and false imprisonment

Where

Co. Louth

Reporting

3 reports, 14 May 2024 to 17 Jun 2026

Outlets

dundalkdemocrat.ie

• Sentence increased for serious assault and false imprisonment in Louth Serious assault and false imprisonment · Co. Louth

  On December 5 2018, a woman was assaulted at the home of Gerard Stokes in Muirhevnamor, Dundalk, Louth, during a three-hour attack over alleged missing drugs, during which she was struck with a claw hammer and lost her right eye. Stokes, 44, and Samantha Campbell, 37, were also convicted of assaulting a second woman causing harm and aggravated burglary at that woman's home in Waterville Crescent. A jury at Dundalk Circuit Court convicted both defendants after a three-week trial in February 2024, and the Court of Appeal upheld the convictions in December 2025. In June 2026, the Court of Appeal increased Stokes's sentence to 14 and a half years with one year suspended, while Campbell's ten-year sentence was upheld.

  Sentenced, 17 Jun 2026Convicted · 3 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 17 Jun2026
   Sentenceddundalkdemocrat.ie, in Sentence increased for serious assault and false imprisonment in Louth

   Jail term increased for hammer attacker who blinded Louth grandmother in one eye

   convicted, Samantha Campbell, 37, female, named, irish (judged from name)Samantha Campbell♀37IE
2. 9 Dec2025
   Otherdundalkdemocrat.ie, in Sentence increased for serious assault and false imprisonment in Louth

   Former Dundalk couple who carried out “prolonged” hammer attack on grandmother lose appeal

   convicted, Samantha Campbell, 36, female, named, irish (judged from name)Samantha Campbell♀36IE
3. 14 May2024
   Convicteddundalkdemocrat.ie, in Sentence increased for serious assault and false imprisonment in Louth

   Dundalk Court: Woman loses eye in claw hammer attack

   convicted, Samantha Campbell, 35, female, named, irish (judged from name)Samantha Campbell♀35IE

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