2022-02-08
Violent criminal gets five years for slashing partner's face
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Greally imposed a sentence of six years and suspended the final 12 months on strict conditions including that Johnson engage with the Probation Service for two years and take any course or therapies recommended to him including "intimate partner violence" and anger management.; Evidence was first heard in the case in June last year and was adjourned by Judge Melanie Greally to allow for the preparation of a report from the Probation Service.