A 26-year-old who was one of a group of four who held a man in his own home for six hours, stabbing him multiple times and cutting most of his right ear off, has been jailed for 7½ years.
Sam Maughan pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to causing serious harm to Mark Burke (43) on August 1st, 2018 at the victimâs home in Whitefriars Gardens, Dublin 8.
Det Garda Mark Dennehy said Mr Burke had allowed the men into his home after his daughter asked if she could have some people over, but when the group started to cause some trouble, he asked everyone to leave.