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Man attacked cafe worker with allen key when confronted for tearing open bins
Ibrahim Turki Faris Masharqah (53) was asked to stop rooting through the rubbish on a city centre street when he threatened 'I'll kill you' and swung at the man with the key
A man attacked a Dublin cafe worker with an allen key when he was confronted over tearing open bin bags as he looked for cans to recycle.
Ibrahim Turki Faris Masharqah (53) was asked to stop rooting through the rubbish on a city centre street when he threatened 'I'll kill you' and swung at the man with the key.
The victim, whose finger was cut, told a court 'Dublin is dangerous at the moment' and he was still nervous after the assault.
Masharqah, of Citywest Road, Tallaght, had pleaded not guilty to assault and threatening, abusive and insulting behaviour.
Judge Paula Murphy found him guilty and adjourned the case at Dublin District Court for a restorative justice report.
The incident happened at South Frederick Street on January 15. The victim, Conor Murray, told the court he took his rubbish to the end of the street for collection and the accused ripped them open.
He asked 'can you stop doing that?' and Masharqah replied: 'F**k you, homo, I'll kill you.'
'I pushed him away and he brandished what I thought was a knife and swung it at me,' Mr Murray said.
Masharqah ran off and he followed him to the Molly Malone statue, where security guards apprehended him. Gardaí were called.
Mr Murray noticed that his finger had been cut and there was blood on his shirt. He told the court there had been no recyclables in the rubbish.
Ibrahim Turki Faris Masharqah made threats to kill the man
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Masharqah said he was using the allen key to open bags to look for cans and claimed the victim approached him, pushed him and punched him in the face.
'I didn't touch him,' the accused said, and could not explain how the victim was cut. He denied shouting abuse, saying he did not speak English.
Judge Murphy said she did not believe Masharqah's version of events
Mr Murray said he was still nervous and 'looking over my back' since the incident and it was 'not a nice feeling'.
'Obviously Dublin is dangerous at the moment, I get it,' he said, but the assault happened in 'broad daylight'.
