Thug lured victim with offer of ‘free drugs' before sickening attack
This is the thug who headbutted and punched a man in a sickening attack after the victim had been lured with the 'promise of free drugs'.
Sean Faulkner is a notorious drug thug with more than 80 convictions who has spent years on social media dishing out outrageous abuse to his innocent previous partners.
But the 36-year-old demonstrated exactly why he's got a violent reputation when he launched a shocking attack on another man earlier this year.
However, despite launching a cowardly and unprovoked attack on the man, he walked free from court with a suspended sentence.
Court News NI reported how Faulkner, of Kent Court, Antrim, committed the assault on April 9.
At Antrim Magistrates' Court, sitting in Ballymena, a prosecutor said a co-accused had invited the victim to an area 'with the promise of free drugs'.
The man attended and was then assaulted by Faulkner, who headbutted and repeatedly punched him.
The co-accused was dealt with at an earlier court sitting.
A defence barrister for Faulkner accepted it had been a 'nasty' incident and said the defendant has referred himself to a rehab centre in England.
District Judge Nigel Broderick said Faulkner had 82 previous convictions but, because there had been a 'small gap' in offending, he said he would suspend a five-month prison term for three years.
Sean Faulkner
Last night sources in Antrim told the Sunday World Faulkner was a 'menace'.
'Sean is one of those tragic cases of someone who was a decent lad years ago but has become a complete menace because of his addiction to drugs,' said one person who knows him.
'He has been in and out of court for drugs and assaults.
'He used to go onto Facebook and call his partners all kinds of awful stuff.
'It got really nasty but he's had a pretty hard life himself.
'He went missing last October and the police had to put out an alert saying they were concerned about his safety.
'It's just another example of the damage drugs can do.'
He added: 'It's very sad really.'
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