The report confirmed Mr McDonagh suffered a large number of wounds consistent with stabbing. The arriving ambulance personnel had serious concerns for his well-being, describing the injuries as “severe and life threatening”.Ī medical report from the treating surgeon in Mullingar Hospital said a tourniquet applied by Mr Vocella and one of the customers may have saved the victim's life. The sustained attack lasted only a couple of minutes, and after Mr McDonagh got the assailant in a headlock Mr Stokes broke free and left the business premises followed by his wife. Luigi’s owner, Peter Vocella, was seen endeavouring to aid Mr McDonagh, and sustained a cut to his finger in the process. Mr McDonagh ran behind the counter and Mr Stokes pursued him in, continuing to slash at the victim. Mr Stokes made a lunge at Mr McDonagh with what transpired to be a Stanley knife. The defendant was followed by his wife, Jacinta, who was holding up her phone to record the confrontation. Mr McDonagh was observed coming into the fast food restaurant, and some minutes later Mr Stokes entered with his hand in his pocket. The court was played CCTV footage of the confrontation. Later that afternoon Patrick Stokes and his wife, Jacinta Stokes, saw Mr McDonagh outside Luigi’s as they drove down the town's Main Street. Martin McDonagh was alleged to have waved a large stick at members of the Stokes family. Prosecution witness Detective Sergeant Keelan Brennan, was the State's lead witness in the prosecution of the defendant.ĭetective Sergeant Brennan said that the incident commenced when the victim had an altercation earlier in the day at the fuel station in Longford town. And a real shame the James Gang never got all the fame they deserved-they were the equals of any of the other good hard-rock groups of the early seventies, and I include the Who, the Stones and Zep in that comparison.Patrick Stokes (28) of Corboy, Edgeworthstown, Longford, pleaded guilty to assault causing serious harm to Martin McDonagh at Luigi's fast food restaurant, Main Street, Longford on 5 April, 2022. ![]() ![]() They briefly had a fourth member singing lead after Rides Again but as Jim Fox said, "his 15 minutes of fame came and went." Can't remember the guy's name, but if you get the OST to the "electric western" Zachariah you'll get two or three songs by the JG two of them are on the 2000 CD compilation James Gang Greatest Hits it also features "Ashes, The Rain and I" which has about a minute-and-a-half of a demo of Walsh playing Jimmy Page's "White Summer" tacked on at the end.Īfter Dom Troiano left the group and they got Tommy Bolin in, they retouched the photo they had taken for their new album Bang to include Bolin in place of Troiano I thought he did a really good job with the group. The only time you heard Fox or bassist Dale Peters "sing" was when they did "Lost Woman" live (the version on JG Live In Concert is hilarious) I know they sang on Thirds but that's an album I like to forget, save for Walsh's songs on it. I think Walsh left partly because he had to do so much-guitar and the vocals and most of the songwriting (same problem as John Fogerty would have). ![]() I didn't buy Rides Again until '76 but it did have Bolero included I always told friends get the version of the album where "The Bomber" is seven-minutes-plus and you'll thank me for it. And the run-out messages were funny ("Turn me over!" b/w "Play me again!"). I enjoyed the black-and-white drawing in the middle of the gatefold of Yer Album as originally released (on ABC-Bluesway Records) spent months coloring it in with felt pens, don't think I ever finished doing it.
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