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Court upholds 10.5-year sentence for first coercive control conviction in Ireland
Summary
In a landmark case, Daniel Kane, aged 54, was convicted by a jury of coercive control, intimidation, assault and 12 counts of assault causing harm after a 20‑month abusive relationship in which he repeatedly attacked his partner, burned her foot, cut her face with a pizza slicer, head‑butted her after nasal surgery, punched her and stamped on her arm causing fractures, and strangled her. He also threatened to send explicit images to her family if she withdrew the case. Kane was sentenced to 10.5 years in January 2021. On 30 March 2023 the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal, finding no error in the trial judge's sentencing. The court noted the prolonged, oppressive, domineering and violent conduct, the significant physical and emotional harm inflicted, and that the sentence was within the mid‑to‑upper range of penalties available. The appeal was dismissed, leaving the 10.5‑year sentence in place. Daniel Kane pleaded not guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Court upholds 10.5-year sentence for first coercive control conviction in Ireland. Charges or matters: all the offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court; a separate charge of intending to pervert the course of justice in the period between March and July 2020. Procedural stage: appeal
When:
- November 2020 Incident
- January 2021 Incident
- January 2019 Other
- September 2019 Other
- May 2018 Incident
- January 2020 Incident
- July 2020 Incident
- 2023-03-30 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: all the offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court; a separate charge of intending to pervert the course of justice in the period between March and July 2020 (Alleged Or Contested)
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: He was sentenced to 10.5 years by Judge Elma Sheahan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in January 2021. Ms Lawlor said the assaults were of the most serious kind, that Kane had never expressed remorse at the trial and that the trial judge imposed a "significant" sentence on the appellant that had due regard to proportionality and the totality of the offending.
Places mentioned
- Waterville
- Waterville Terrace
- Blanchardstown
- Dublin
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Court of Appeal
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