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Jail sentence upheld for man who drove over partner during campaign of coercive control

Date
2024-04-24

Stage
Appeal

Primary locality
Lucan

County
Dublin

Summary

In a Court of Appeal hearing on 24 April 2024, the appeal of Samy Taib, aged 22, was dismissed. Taib had been sentenced to five years' imprisonment with 12 months suspended, after pleading guilty to assault, coercive control, endangerment and dangerous driving. The Court upheld the four‑year sentence for the coercive control offence and the three‑year sentence for the driving offence, after the judge had reduced the headline sentences from five to four years and from four to three years respectively, citing Taib's undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia. The judge noted that Taib's mental disorder was likely present for some time but that the seriousness of the violence—choking, punching, biting and driving over his former partner's leg—required a substantial sentence. The Court found the reductions within the judge's discretion and rejected the appeal. The final sentence remained five years' imprisonment with one year suspended.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jail sentence upheld for man who drove over partner during campaign of coercive control. Charges or matters: two counts of assault causing harm at addresses in Dublin and one count relating to a campaign of coercive control over his then partner on dates between May 9, 2018, and June 19, 2019; endangerment, driving without a licence and insurance at Fettercairn Ring Road, Tallaght and dangerous driving causing endangerment at Main Street, Celbridge, Co Kildare, in separate incidents on October 13, 2019. Procedural stage: appeal

When:

May 9, 2018 Incident
June 19, 2019 Incident
October 13, 2019 Other
2024-04-24 Publication

Case subjects

Samy Taib

Convicted Person

Charges: two counts of assault causing harm at addresses in Dublin and one count relating to a campaign of coercive control over his then partner on dates between May 9, 2018, and June 19, 2019; endangerment, driving without a licence and insurance at Fettercairn Ring Road, Tallaght and dangerous driving causing endangerment at Main Street, Celbridge, Co Kildare, in separate incidents on October 13, 2019 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Samy Taib (22), with addresses at Drumcairn Avenue, Tallaght, Dublin 24 and Meile An Rí Road, Balgaddy, Lucan, Co Dublin, was jailed after he pleaded guilty to two counts of assault causing harm at addresses in Dublin and one count relating to a campaign of coercive control over his then partner on dates between May 9, 2018, and June 19, 2019. Taib was jailed and given a total sentence of five years' imprisonment with the final 12 months suspended for two years.