Clondalkin man allegedly sliced another man’s face with a knife

By Brendan Grehan

A MAN who allegedly sliced another man’s face with a knife in Clondalkin will be tried in the Circuit Court, Blanchardstown Court has heard.

Darren Gallagher’s alleged victim refused to make any complaint and denied he had any injury despite having a three-inch scar on his face.

The case was before Judge David McHugh to consider jurisdiction. Garda Dominic Downing told Judge McHugh it will be alleged that at 4.10pm on April 22 last, he had been on patrol with a colleague on Neilstown Road when he observed Gallagher walking along, approaching a man from behind and then slicing his face with a knife.

Garda Downing said the injured party did not want to make a complaint and denied he had suffered any injury. He added that when he called to the injured party’s house, the injured party had a three-inch scar on his face.

Gallagher, aged 45, with an address at St Ronan’s Park, Clondalkin, is charged with assaulting a named male causing him harm and producing a knife at Neilstown Road in Clondalkin on April 22, 2016.

Judge McHugh refused jurisdiction. He remanded Gallagher on continuing bail for six weeks for service of his book of evidence.