2022-11-29
Violent criminal gets five years for threatening to kill woman with sword
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Imposing sentence today, Judge Pauline Codd said McDermott had assaulted "an innocent party" and then made threats to kill her. She handed down a six-year sentence with the final 12 months suspended in respect of the threats to kill count and four years for the assault causing harm.