2024-07-29 · Enniscorthy, Wexford
Fully suspended sentence for man who beat and verbally abused wife 'from first day' of marriage
A 70‑year‑old man, John Sheridan, was given a fully suspended sentence for assaulting his wife, Ann Sheridan, over a ten‑year marriage. Sheridan pleaded not guilty to four counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and three counts of assault causing harm, committed between 1994 and 2002. The court found that the abuse began with verbal insults…