James ‘Jake’ Boles sentenced to one year for coercive control

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James ‘Jake’ Boles was sentenced to one year in prison for coercive control at the Court of Appeal on 21 July 2023.

The appeal court overturned his fully suspended two-year sentence for coercive control and five assaults causing harm to his former partner in Ratoath, Co Meath.

It found the sentencing judge had erred in fully suspending the sentence, citing the nature and frequency of the assaults and the serious psychological and emotional abuse they inflicted.