Alfa Jailed for Dublin Bottle Attack

The pleas answered whether he did it. The only question left for Judge Sheahan was the number. She put three years and nine months on each count, stacked two of them, and then cut the total to four years and two months. That term is the sentence. The injuries were not small, and neither was the cut she made.

Shando Alfa, 27, was sentenced Wednesday to four years and two months for a broken-bottle attack on Dame Street in Dublin. He pleaded guilty to three counts of assault causing harm.

The attack was on April 4. Teenage twin sisters had told him to leave them alone. A man walking by stepped in. Alfa then cut all three of them with a broken bottle. Each had deep wounds that needed stitches or staples. They were not in court when Judge Elma Sheahan imposed the sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

She put three years and nine months on each count, then made two of those terms consecutive, for seven years and six months. She reduced that total to four years and two months. Alfa had entered the pleas by signing them in the District Court. He had 20 earlier convictions in that court, including weapons, handling stolen property, and criminal damage. He had no fixed address.