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# baseball bat

Last year
2022
# Waterford
Man arrested after allegedly threatening dealership staff with baseball bat before stealing car
The man has since been brought brought before the courts.
All time
# Scare
Arsenal defender Gabriel fends off robbers armed with baseball bat
The Brazilian had just returned to his home in Barnet, north London.
# Courts
DPP accepts manslaughter plea after third murder trial ends in hung jury
Zoltan Almasi is charged with killing 20-year-old Joseph Dunne in 2014.
# baseball bat
Suspended sentence for man who smashed up contents of girlfriend's home
The 23-year-old was found guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of burglary and criminal damage today.
# Skerries
Teenager mugged after passenger jumped from car wielding a baseball bat
It has been reported the girl was returning from the Longitude music festival.
# Naas
Man jailed for life for baseball bat murder of 20-year-old who gave his car "a thump"
Zoltan Almasi was found guilty of the murder of 20-year-old Joseph Dunne in Co Kildare in 2014.
# Chicago
Natasha McShane case: Accused will not testify in court
Heriberto Viramontes is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery and armed robbery. The jury is expected to begin deliberations later today.
# Chicago
Jail recordings of man accused of Natasha McShane attack played in court
Heriberto Viramontes admitted the attack on the Armagh student and her friend, saying “I probably hit her once”.
# Natasha McShane
Key prosecution witness tells court attack on Irish student lasted less than three minutes
Marcy Cruz, who has agreed a plea deal, told the court she stayed in her parked minivan while Heriberto Viramontes carried out the attack, and that he returned saying he had “done some bogus sh**”.
# brutal attack
Medical team pulled a stone from the back of Natasha McShane's throat
The trauma surgeon who treated Natasha said there three separate lacerations were discovered and there was a lot of blood.
# Natasha McShane
Friend of Irish student tells Chicago court of savage attack
The 27-year-old from Armagh has been left with extensive brain injuries as a result of the 2010 baseball bat assault, and still needs help carrying out basic tasks.
# swords assault
Man due in court over Swords baseball bat assault
The man in his 30s is due in court this morning in connection with the incident which left a man in hospital with serious head injuries.
# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Friday
Everybody’s talking about Gerry Adams and a ‘witch hunt’, murder case reopened and glow-in-the-dark jellyfish.
# Swords
Man to appear in court over Swords assault
Gardaí have asked anyone who may have videoed an attack in Swords to send the video to them.
# Attack
Man hospitalised after attack during burglary in Antrim
A 23-year-old man was injured after four men pushed their way into a property and attacked him with baseball bats.