A 23-year-old man who punched a woman twice in the face in an unprovoked attack at a Dublin hospital has been jailed for three and a half years.
Ronnie Wilde, of Clanbrassil Terrace, Dublin 8, also admitted to assaulting a delivery driver the following day for no reason.
On September 1st last year, Ronnie Wilde threatened a shop worker with a knife during the robbery of a grocery shop in Dublin 8.
While in the Emergency Department at St. James’s Hospital later that month, he caused extensive facial injuries to a woman who had asked him to be quiet.
He punched her twice in the face, knocking her to the ground.
A food delivery driver ended up in the hospital the very next day after Wilde responded to a knock on his door by punching him repeatedly in the face.
The court heard Wilde was on drugs and suffering from paranoia at the time.
The judge described the attacks as savage and unprovoked before jailing him for three and a half years.
Main image: File photo of the entrance to St James's Hospital.
