2021-11-12
Headline sentence increase for man who terrorised partner and 'savagely' attacked stranger
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Sentencing Fogarty to three years' imprisonment for both assaults, Judge Martin Nolan described the second attack – which also involved biting and left the victim requiring surgery under general anaesthetic – as "an act of savagery". Judge Nolan imposed concurrent sentences totalling three years in relation to all the offences.