Two Chinese men have been convicted of stabbing one garda and acquitted of causing serious harm to another who had helped to foil their robbery attempt on fellow-nationals almost three years ago.
Xiang Cheng (25) and Qian Cheng aka Jian Gong Ten (28), both of no fixed abode, were found guilty by a jury on day seven of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of assaulting Garda James Hendrick causing him harm at Main Street, Raheny on July 13th, 2005.
The jury found them not guilty on a second charge of intentionally or recklessly causing Garda David Comer serious harm on the same occasion.
They had denied both these charges and have pleaded guilty previously to aggravated burglary and the false imprisonment of Ms Xiao Mei Ma, aka Doris; Ms Ju Liu Yong, also known as Angela; and Mr Yu Ting, also known as Austin, on the same occasion.
Judge Tony Hunt remanded them in custody for sentence later.