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Jail for man who breached protection order by breaking into wife's home

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 31 May 2024, a 28‑year‑old man was sentenced to four years' imprisonment, with the final two years suspended on the condition that he attend alcohol‑addiction treatment. He had previously received a four‑year suspended sentence for assaults on his wife. The court considered that the defendant's breach of a protection order—kicking in his wife's front door, causing criminal damage, and driving off in her car—was aggravated by his prior history and the domestic violence context. Judge Pauline Codd set headline sentences of five years for the criminal damage and ten months for the breach of the court order, but imposed a four‑year custodial term, suspending the last two years. The sentence was back‑dated to November 2023 and the court ordered two years of post‑release supervision. The unnamed 28-year-old pleaded guilty.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jail for man who breached protection order by breaking into wife's home. Charges or matters: unlawful use of a car, criminal damage and breach of a protection order in November 2023. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• November 2023 Hearing Or Sentence
• 2024-05-31 Publication

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Stage Sentence Violent Crime

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