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16/04/2012
Road Rage Attacker To Be Sentenced
A man who beat a motorist with a hurley stick in September 2012 will sentenced today.
31-year-old Karl Donohoe was originally due to stand trial last February on a charge of murder for the ‘road rage’ attack on 49-year-old Raymond Bates, when he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Mr Bates, a father-of-three from Peterlee, Co Durham, died in hospital four days after being beaten around the head with a hurley stick in a south Dublin suburb following an argument with Donohoe at the junction of Sandymount Road and Tritonville Road on September 26, 2010.
Both Mr Bates and Donohoe drove away from the scene before a witness reported the assault to the Garda.
Bates went to St Vincent's Hospital the following day after becoming unwell, and was transferred to Beaumont Hospital where he fell into a coma and died on September 30.
The Bates family are due to read a victim impact statement to the court before sentencing, which can vary from a fine or a suspended sentence up to life imprisonment in exceptional circumstances.
The court previously heard Donohoe, a crane worker from Tyrellstown, west Dublin, wanted to apologise to the Bates family and that the attack happened in a moment of madness.
31-year-old Karl Donohoe was originally due to stand trial last February on a charge of murder for the ‘road rage’ attack on 49-year-old Raymond Bates, when he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Mr Bates, a father-of-three from Peterlee, Co Durham, died in hospital four days after being beaten around the head with a hurley stick in a south Dublin suburb following an argument with Donohoe at the junction of Sandymount Road and Tritonville Road on September 26, 2010.
Both Mr Bates and Donohoe drove away from the scene before a witness reported the assault to the Garda.
Bates went to St Vincent's Hospital the following day after becoming unwell, and was transferred to Beaumont Hospital where he fell into a coma and died on September 30.
The Bates family are due to read a victim impact statement to the court before sentencing, which can vary from a fine or a suspended sentence up to life imprisonment in exceptional circumstances.
The court previously heard Donohoe, a crane worker from Tyrellstown, west Dublin, wanted to apologise to the Bates family and that the attack happened in a moment of madness.
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