Six years for man who violently threatened, trapped and attacked ex in hotel room

A 35-year-old man from Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan has been sentenced to six years imprisonment following his conviction for serious offences against his former partner. Derek Fay pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm and false imprisonment at a hotel in Parkwest, Dublin on 16 and 17 November 2015. The court heard that Fay trapped the woman in a hotel room overnight, during which…