2023-07-21
Suspended sentence for weekly attacks on partner in 'appalling' coercive control case too lenient, court finds
Stage: Appeal
Outcome: Photo: Collins) A man who was given a wholly suspended sentence for weekly attacks on his partner, where he dragged her by the hair, slammed her head, pushed his fist into her face and screamed abuse at her while subjecting her to "appalling" coercive control – will now be sent to jail after a successful appeal by the State. At Trim Circuit Court in January of this year, James 'Jake' Boles was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, fully suspended, by Judge Orla Crowe for one count of coercive control and five counts of assault causing harm to his then partner at two addresses in Ratoath, Co Meath, between January 1, 2019 and April 5, 2019.