A MAN has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for assaulting a former telecommunications engineer who is now blind in one eye.
Brian Keane (28), an accountant, Glenlyon Park, Knocklyon, has pleaded not guilty to assaulting Jairo Andreas Diaz (33) by forcing him through a glass door at a house party at Richelieu Park, Sandyford, in April 2006.
Fiona Murphy, prosecuting, said it was the State’s case that Mr Keane “took exception” to Mr Diaz engaging with his girlfriend and forced him through a glass door.
She said there would be medical evidence that a glass shard pierced Mr Diaz’s right eyeball leaving him blind in that eye.
Mr Diaz gave evidence of the incident at the Good Friday party and his treatment in hospital.
The case continues.