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Woman asks for leniency after telling court violent partner had 'personality change' after dental implants
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 17 February 2025, a 49‑year‑old man was sentenced to 20 months' imprisonment for assault causing harm to his partner on Christmas Day 2019 and a subsequent assault the following year. The victim, a woman with a six‑year‑old daughter, described a violent attack in which the defendant, who had recently undergone dental implant surgery in Hungary, became irate, dragged her into their daughter's room, struck her in the eye, and later held a kitchen knife to her throat. The daughter witnessed the assault and pleaded with her father not to kill her mother. The court heard that the victim had been subjected to further controlling behaviour, including forced phone‑off rules, a cigarette‑fire incident, and a choke‑hold that left her unconscious. She had received a medical order against the defendant and had been attending counselling and a women's support group. The unnamed 49-year-old pleaded guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Woman asks for leniency after telling court violent partner had 'personality change' after dental implants. Charges or matters: assault causing harm to his then partner on 25th December, 2019. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- 25th December Incident
- November 2019 Incident
- Christmas Day Incident
- Christmas morning Incident
- 2025-02-17 Publication
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Defendant
Charges: assault causing harm to his then partner on 25th December, 2019 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: The man was sentenced to 20 months jail today after the victim wrote a letter asking for leniency, informing the court that the defendant had a personality change after undergoing dental implant surgery in Hungary the month before his repeated attacks on her. It's far too serious." He sentenced him to 20 months in prison.
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