Sentencing the man on Monday, Judge Orla Crowe said he engaged in “utterly shameful violence”.

The girl's family said she is in great spirits and 'there is talk of a discharge before Autumn'

Homeless asylum seeker Seif Waleed Al Hindawi, 22, believed to be from Syria, was charged with assault causing harm to the woman who suffered facial injuries near her home in Churchtown on Wednesday night.