Chawke siblings jailed over 'unprovoked' Limerick assault
A brother and sister have been sentenced to prison for a violent, unprovoked assault on two men at a Limerick hotel in 2023. The judge highlighted the ferocity of the attack, which resulted in long-term injuries for the victims.
Why it matters
Highlights judicial accountability for violent crimes and the impact of unprovoked assaults on public safety.
A brother and sister were jailed for two and half years between them after they pleaded guilty to viciously assaulting two men in a Limerick hotel, three years ago.
Bill Chawke, 31, and Alison Chawke, 41, attacked the two innocent men without provocation, at the four-star Dunraven Arms Hotel, on 9 November 2023.
The two defendants have brought "embarrassment" on their family, whose well known national pub chain was built up by their father Charlie Chawke, their barristers told the court.
The two Chawke siblings were drunk when they lashed out at the two men.
Their only defence was that they claimed the two men had stared and smirked at them.
Bill and Alison Chawke set upon the two victims, Gerard Cox and John McHugh, both aged in their 50s, punching and kicking them and at one point during the attack, they gouged the men's eyes.
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