2026-02-26
Gardai caught domestic abuser strangling woman in her own front garden
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Crowe said there were shocking elements to this case, with gardaí coming upon a man strangling his partner, whom he had previously attacked in her home. "He's a person with a violent history," she said. "She, as a result of this, had to go to a refuge." She sentenced O'Neill to three years in prison, suspending the final three months for two years.