A transgender woman who assaulted a family friend who was trying to break up a fight outside a bar has been jailed for a year.
Shauna Kavanagh (33), previously known as Sean Kavanagh, has transitioned to a woman since the assaults took place and is now known as Shauna. A gender recognition certificate was handed up in court.
Kavanagh of Priory Hall, Whitehall Road, Kimmage Manor, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of assault causing harm and two counts of assault on James Street, Dublin on December 9, 2017.
Defence barrister Cathleen Noctor SC told Judge Elma Sheahan at a previous sentence hearing last month, that there are only two transgender women in the Irish prison system. Both are being held in women s jails and kept separate from the rest of the prison population.
Woman jailed for assaulting a family friend who was trying to break up a fight
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Jail for transgender woman who knocked out family friend in pub fracas
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A transgender woman who left her aunt s partner in intensive care after punching him and a number of others in a drunken rage following a karaoke session said I m really morto with myself…why did I say yes to going to the pub after watching CCTV of the incident.
Hairdresser Shauna Kavanagh (33), who was charged under her previous name at the time of the offence, knocked out Tommy Coogan when he tried to stop the accused attacking other people outside of a Dublin pub she had been kicked out of after assaulting another man.
Mr Coogan suffered several serious injuries, including a fractured skull and bleeding to the brain, and was placed in intensive care for eight days after the attack. He regained consciousness and recovered from his injuries but died of cancer last year.