HOMELESS MAN GETS WISH TO SPEND CHRISTMAS IN PRISON

Date Published: 30-Nov-2007

A homeless man who wants to spend Christmas in prison because he has nowhere else to go, had his wish granted at Galway Circuit Criminal Court this weekHe received a two-year sentence for assaulting a student in the city last year.20 year old Michael Clarke, a Londoner, who has been homeless in Ireland for some time, pleaded guilty, to assaulting the student, at the Spanish Arch in Galway city in the early hours of January 23 lastCo-accused 28 year old Jonathon O' Connor, a native of Blanchardstown also pleaded guilty to the charge