Unnamed 62-year-old receives suspended sentence for assault

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An unnamed 62-year-old man received a one-year, fully suspended sentence at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 5 March 2024, for assault causing harm, assault and producing a knife. The offences took place at a family home in Kerry in the summer of 2019 and May 2020.

A jury found him guilty of those offences and acquitted him of rape and coercive control. The judge suspended the sentence subject to conditions, including no contact with his ex-wife and stepson and completion of a domestic violence course.