LOUGHREA BROTHERS SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT

Date Published: 05-May-2010

Two Loughrea brothers have both been sentenced to 3-months in jail for an assault on two openly gay brothers - also from Loughrea.

43-year-old Paul Hodgins and his 49-year-old Gerard - both of Barnaboy, Abbey in Loughrea - appeared before Loughrea District Court today.

They were found guilty of assaulting 29-year-old Trevor Gardner of Ballinakill, Loughrea and his 26-year-old brother Declan Gardner at a pub in Loughrea in the early hours of Sunday 28th 2008.