Soldier beats a woman unconscious, gets a great reference from his commanding officer, avoids jail.

The Military Prison still exists in the Curragh , it’s currently mothballed having recently been used to imprison sex offenders.

I can vaguely remember a member of the navy being sentenced to 3 months imprisonment and dismissal , though can’t remember for the life of me remember if he served his sentence in military custody round about the year 2000.

I do know there are members of the defence forces who are solicitors or barristers and you can actually attend court martials by appointment once they are not of a sensitive nature and you don’t intend acting the bollix , details of any upcoming court martials are available to see on the defence force’s website,there are also legal practices who specialise in military law.

This is a case of a serious assault not getting dealt with correctly by the courts. Constant attempts to create a gender narrative is really tiresome these days.

Are these headcases now organising rallies saying anything about the passerby who helped stop the attack?

In my opinion this is diluting the important issue that was originally highlighted. It suits the government to have this become a gender bashing / blaming session to distract from judges not jailing scum because we need more prison space.

I don't think the government were involved at all, it looks like an organic event which mushroomed most likely due to social media coverage. Unless the governement are controlling all social media platforms and directing the narrative.

As I’ve contributed to this thread I’d just like to point out that the disgusting remarks above have nothing to do with my account - I’ve an underscore on my name -unfortunately the username still appears similar to mine

I think we all know male on male violence is far more prevalent. The protest was highlighting the lack of proper sentencing for violent assaults, albeit highlighting the gender base here as well. Bit of a hijacking’s went on, but we get the gist

Calling out homophobic abuse is why society is fcked up? Jesus wept.

What actions are you referring to?

The judge in this case, and judges in many other cases are the real issue. McEntee increased from 5-10 years the max sentence for assault causing harm. This poxy judge had 5 years at his disposal, and Crotty was given 0 jail time for an appalling assault. The judge himself labeled it appalling.

Please don't respond to that individual, just ignore. And for all we know he could know the scumbag piece of manure.

If he had imposed the five year max sentence he was allowed with two suspended for the things he "had" to consider, (guilty plea) it still wouldn't have been long enough (imo), but it would have been something.

All it is, all the Judge's actions in letting Crotty walk free did, was assault Natasha all over again.

Quite the opposite - concussions always cause some brain damage and she stated she believed she was going to die.

But not major brain damage no, minor brain damage.

We know about this a lot more now than back in the old days, about the harm that relatively minor knocks to the head can cause. You might want to check out the movie Concussion. Will she be back to normal yeah apart from her PTSD and ongoing panic attacks, but some brain cells gone forever.

Someone bigger, taller and stronger than you is holding you by the hair with one hand and punching you repeatedly in the face with the other - while people around do nothing.

Not hyperbolic enough IMHO.

I’m reminded to paraphrase the Mandy Rice-Davies quote from the 1960s - well he wouldn’t, would he ..

Sickening assault. And more sickening to read a poster downplaying it and accusing folks of exaggerating the seriousness of the assault.

I was the victim of an unprovoked attack in a small town in the south east almost 30 years ago. While at a birthday party in this town, a member of our group who'd had a bit too much to drink went missing. We went looking for him, and on the way back I was set upon by what turned out to be a local nutcase who was notorious for looking for a row. Long story short I had my nose broken with a headbutt.

All this time later I still struggle with anxiety and trust of strangers, and I'm a bloke FFS. I can only imagine what this poor woman is struggling with personally. I hope the DPP appeals the verdict and he sees the inside of a prison cell.