2025-03-03 · Newcastle, Wicklow
'Cruel, inhumane': man jailed for coercive control and false imprisonment of partner
Cian Smullen, 30, was sentenced to four years in prison, with the final year suspended, at the Central Criminal Court for coercive control, false imprisonment, burglary, criminal damage and threats to cause criminal damage. He had repeatedly attacked his former partner, threatened to plant drugs in her home to have Tusla take her child, and tried…