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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Blake Foden

Vigilante smashed tavern patron's jaw when he 'behaved appallingly'

Dean O'Brien in a still image from CCTV footage captured moments before the bashing. Picture: ACT Policing

A vigilante has avoided further time behind bars for smashing a Canberra tavern patron's jaw, leaving the drug-affected man to spit out his own teeth after he "behaved appallingly" and threatened women.

Former Gungahlin resident Dean O'Brien, 24, was sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court on Friday to nine months and two weeks in jail.

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