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Knife wielding man who ‘screamed’ at Ukrainian family to ‘move out’ sentenced

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Knife wielding man who ‘screamed’ at Ukrainian family to ‘move out’ sentenced

A man “with a myriad of problems” who brandished a knife as he confronted a Ukrainian couple and their child at their new home in Dublin, has been handed a nine-month sentence.

During the incident Richard Bohan, 34, of Pimlico Cottages, Pimlico, D8, on February 19, was “screaming at them to move out”.




He pleaded guilty to producing a knife with a three-inch blade capable of inflicting serious injury in a manner likely to intimidate another person on February 19 last in south Dublin.

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Cloverhill District Court heard that Bohan observed the family, threw a bucket at them and was “screaming at them to move out”.

Judge Alan Mitchell was told that during the incident, Bohan “produced a knife and started to wield that in front of the family”.

However, a member of the public distracted him with a sweeping brush, which allowed the couple and their daughter, aged 8, to “retreat into the house”.

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