Alison and Bill Chawke. Photos: Brendan Gleeson
A son and daughter of prominent publican, Charlie Chawke, who attacked two innocent men at a hotel, have brought “shame” on their family and their family business, barristers for the two siblings told their sentencing hearing today.
Mother of three, Alison Chawke (41), bit one of the men, John McHugh, aged in his 50s, on his cheek and kicked him in the head, as her brother Bill Chawke (31), wrestled with Mr McHugh on the floor of the hotel, Limerick Circuit Criminal Court heard.