Barber who ripped out a woman’s hair in an attack at a homeless shelter escapes prison
Kavanagh also sat on the woman and repeatedly punched her in the head during the attack, leaving her “terrified”.
Shauna Kavanagh, 35, attacked the victim during an argument in the kitchen when the woman accused her of stealing an Easter egg.
Kavanagh also sat on the woman and repeatedly punched her in the head during the attack, leaving her “terrified”.
Judge Michele Finan sentenced the defendant to a three-month suspended sentence.
Kavanagh, of Holy Cross Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin, pleaded guilty to causing bodily harm to the woman.
Dublin District Court heard the incident occurred at the Novas Centre, Lower Rathmines Road, on April 24 last year.
Kavanagh entered the plea in July and the judge suspended the sentence for two years when the case went back to court for a probation report.
Earlier, Garda Sergeant Derek Spain said the victim said she was in the kitchen when the defendant started staring at her. The victim walked up to the defendant and said, “Why are you calling me a creep?” You’ve been calling me a badass all week. Why did you steal my Easter egg?”
“(Kavanagh) grabbed me by my hair and dragged me around on the floor,” the victim had told gardai.
She said the defendant dragged her across the floor, sat on top of her and hit her in the head four to five times with his clenched fist.
Kavanagh also pulled clumps of hair from her head and said she was “terrifyingly scared.”
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The woman received medical attention and suffered bruising and pain, but no other injuries.
The court heard that Kavanagh had 15 previous convictions, including several for assault, criminal damage and theft.
The injured party did not provide a victim impact statement.
Defense barrister John Shanley said the offense had occurred “accumulating over a period of time”. The defendant had “a different version of events” but pleaded guilty to the charge and accepted she should not have acted in the way she did, Mr Shanley said.
Kavanagh was very young when her mother was killed, Mr Shanley said. The defendant later became homeless.
She completed hairdressing, make-up and personal training courses and got a full-time job, but until recently had no stable accommodation.
She was doing “extremely well” before being taken into custody at Dochas Center in Mountjoy.
The court heard the defendant had also completed an anger management course while in custody.
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