 Stokes subsequently agreed to pay Bradley €30,000 for breaking his nose and two of his teeth, in what was later described in court as a "nasty, cowardly attack".Bradley subsequently sued Stokes in the High Court in Dublin, having paid 13,500 euro over three-and-a-half years in medical expenses, stopped working due to physical and psychological effects; he was subsequently diagnosed with a degenerative spinal condition.At the trial Stokes pleaded guilty to assault, and was sentenced to two years in prison suspended for two years.