2017-03-01
"Custodial sentence not necessitated" for man who beat girlfriend for over an hour and bit her face
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Ian Sheridan (32) carried out a very serious assault involving considerable violence but that a "custodial sentence is not necessitated". Judge Greally imposed a three year sentence which she suspended for three years on condition Sheridan keeps the peace and engages with the restorative justice programme.