2023-11-14
'Disgraceful' daytime attack at supermarket after woman's 'honour impugned'
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Imposing a fully suspended sentence today, Judge Orla Crowe said this was a "disgraceful state of affairs" in which the victim was subjected to an "attack in broad daylight in a supermarket" over something that may have been said to Bale's then partner. She imposed a sentence of 18 months suspended in full for three years.