2026-05-05
Patient grabbed woman he'd stalked after escaping from mental health facility
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Photo: Collins) An involuntary inpatient who absconded from his mental health facility and grabbed a woman he had stalked as she left work has been jailed for two years. Today Judge Orla Crowe imposed a sentence of three years with the final year suspended on conditions that Crowley have no contact with the injured party for 10 years, continue to take psychiatric medication and come under the supervision of the Probation Service for one year after his release.