€150,000 for woman beaten on street by former partner

A woman who was severely beaten by the father of her two children leaving her with long-term physical and psychological damage has been awarded €150,000 against him by the High Court.

Former soldier, Jonathan McSherry, 36, formerly of Cedarbrook Walk, Cherry Orchard, Dublin, who served 22 months of a three-and-a-half year prison sentence for the attack on Jessica Bowes, accepted he broke nearly every bone in her face and kicked her a number of times.