Ian Barry given three-year suspended sentence for coercive control of wife

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Ian Barry received a three-year sentence, suspended on conditions, after pleading guilty to coercive control of his wife between 2019 and 2022. Judge Martin Nolan said he had decided against jail, citing mitigating factors that included Barry’s previous good record.

The court heard that Barry verbally abused his wife, controlled her spending and movements, and threw objects at her. After their relationship ended in early 2022, he continued to monitor their home through a Ring doorbell camera, accessing it 32 times in one day.

The judge described Barry’s behaviour as disgraceful and warned that he would be brought back to court if he harassed his wife or made her life miserable.