2023-07-03
Suspended sentence for man who controlled and attacked partner on weekly basis was too lenient, State say
Stage: Appeal
Outcome: Photo: Collins) The fully suspended sentence handed down to a man who dragged his partner by the hair, slammed her head, pushed his fist into her face and screamed abuse at her while subjecting her to "appalling" coercive control was too lenient, the State has told the Court of Appeal. 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 charge of coercive control and five assaults causing harm to his then partner at two addresses in Ratoath, Co Meath, between January 1, 2019 and April 5, 2019.