Three people have been sentenced for an assault on a teenager in Killarney.
The victim, who was 19 -years-old when it happened, told Killarney District Court that the assault had left her feeling suicidal.
21-year-old Roger Delaney with an address at the temporary halting site, Carrowbrowne, Co Galway and 23-year-old Tom Sweeney of 42 Hazel Park, Newcastle, Galway, were both given a three-month prison sentence at Killarney District Court for punching and kicking a 19-year-old woman on St Patrick's Night in 2017.
23-year-old Sabrina Lynch of 5 Aster Court, Keyes Park, Limerick was given a two-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for biting the victim during the assault.
The incident happened at a B&B on St Anne's Road in Killarney after a group of young people who'd met while socialising in the town, went back to the premises.
Speaking in court, the victim said the assault had left her feeling suicidal and she had spent time in an acute mental health unit as a result.
Judge Joanne Carroll described the assault as a gang attack on a defenceless woman and said it was a shocking, inhuman, and cowardly act.
The defendants are to appeal the sentences.
