2023-04-24
Husband jailed for two attacks on wife
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Mr Justice Burns noted that there were claims during the trial and the sentence hearing that the physical violence in the relationship was not all one way, but he commented "the accused has been convicted of assault but his wife has not". "This was a tempestuous relationship from the start but there is no excuse for violence," Mr Justice Burns said, before he imposed a 12-month sentence. He suspended the final three months of the sentence on strict conditions including that Horan engage with the Probation Service for three months upon his ultimate release from prison.