A criminal with 124 previous convictions who carried out a "random, unprovoked and brutal attack" by repeatedly stabbing a passing doctor with scissors has been jailed for eight years by a judge at the Central Criminal Court.
Christopher Coakley, 31, - who is a cousin of Kinahan cartel murder victim Derek Coakley Hutch - needed money for drugs when he approached his victim, a doctor who was travelling through the north inner city after work on a motorised scooter.
Coakley kicked the handlebars of the scooter and when his victim fell to the ground, Coakley approached him with a pair of scissors clenched in his fist and tried to take his backpack and scooter. The victim, who had never met Coakley before, heard his attacker say: "Who the fuck do you think you are, give it to me now or I'll stab you."
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