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13/06/2008
Verdict Due On Makeshift Flamethrower Student
A Limerick Court is awaiting its verdict on a flamethrower stunt by a student that left one man permanently disfigured.
Eoghan O'Sullivan, 20, of the Thatch Bar, Lisselton, Co Kerry, has pleaded not guilty to intentionally or wrecklessly causing serious harm to Brian Twomey at Wagdale House, Thomond Village, University of Limerick, on April 13, 2007.
Limerick Circuit Criminal Court heard that on the night the incident occurred, Mr O'Sullivan attempted to wake Mr Twomey following a night out in a nearby nightclub using a make-shift flamethrower fashioned from a deodorant can and a lighter.
Mr O'Sullivan said he had seen another student use the stunt to waken someone beforehand, but it "never once entered his mind that it would burn Brian Twomey".
The accused man said he wanted to apologise for the pain he had caused. As a result of the treatment, Mr Twomey suffered a relapse of a severe kidney disease, which he had suffered from some years previous. and remains an outpatient at the hospital.
The jury is expected to retire to consider its verdict on Friday.
(DW)
Eoghan O'Sullivan, 20, of the Thatch Bar, Lisselton, Co Kerry, has pleaded not guilty to intentionally or wrecklessly causing serious harm to Brian Twomey at Wagdale House, Thomond Village, University of Limerick, on April 13, 2007.
Limerick Circuit Criminal Court heard that on the night the incident occurred, Mr O'Sullivan attempted to wake Mr Twomey following a night out in a nearby nightclub using a make-shift flamethrower fashioned from a deodorant can and a lighter.
Mr O'Sullivan said he had seen another student use the stunt to waken someone beforehand, but it "never once entered his mind that it would burn Brian Twomey".
The accused man said he wanted to apologise for the pain he had caused. As a result of the treatment, Mr Twomey suffered a relapse of a severe kidney disease, which he had suffered from some years previous. and remains an outpatient at the hospital.
The jury is expected to retire to consider its verdict on Friday.
(DW)
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