A youth accused of leaving a man in a critical condition after an alleged “random” single-punch attack in Dublin has been released on bail.
Scott Cahill, 18, of St James’s Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12, is charged with assault causing harm. The alleged victim, 48, was left with a bleed on the brain and “life-changing injuries” after an incident at Cook Street on Wednesday evening. Mr Cahill appeared before Judge Maire Conneely at Dublin District Court today and faced objections to bail. Detective Garda Mark Dennehy cited the seriousness of the case, and he voiced witness interference concerns.
He said the incident happened at about 6.15 pm when the accused and two females who were known to him walked along Cook Street. Detective Garda Dennehy alleged that as Cahill walked past the man, he “believed he [the man] took a dislike to him by the way the injured party was looking at him”.
