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Man who breached protection order and attacked ex is jailed
Summary
A 35‑year‑old Dublin man was sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment for assaulting his former partner and breaching a protection order. The court heard that the woman had obtained a live protection order two months earlier. On the night of the assault, the man, who had been watching their son, became agitated, appeared intoxicated and violently struck the woman, banging her head against a wall three or four times, throwing her to the ground, pulling her by the hair, shouting and stamping on her head. She blacked out, managed to escape, called the Gardaí and was taken to Beaumont Hospital for head injuries. The man had previously been granted High Court bail with a condition to stay away from the woman's home and not contact her or their son. He breached this bail and the protection order by returning to the house, where he also struck a babysitter. The unnamed 35-year-old pleaded guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Man who breached protection order and attacked ex is jailed. Charges or matters: assault causing harm and breaches of a protection order on dates between October 2020 and November 2020. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- October 2020 Incident
- November 2020 Incident
- 2024-02-21 Publication
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Accused
Charges: assault causing harm and breaches of a protection order on dates between October 2020 and November 2020 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: A man who beat his former partner, banging her head against a wall a number of times before throwing her on the ground and stamping on her head, has been jailed for 16 months. He said it was an aggravating factor that the victim was his former partner and the mother of his child before he jailed the man for 16 months.
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