Farmer, 64, broke girlfriend’s cheek in row

A woman suffered a broken cheekbone when she accused her boyfriend of paying too much attention to another woman who was “making eyes” at him across a dance floor.

Farmer, 64, broke girlfriend’s cheek in row

Farmer PJ Canny, aged 64, of Pollagh, Carron, Co Clare, at first denied assaulting Sarah McNieve, aged 56, causing her harm, in a bedroom at the Shearwater Plaza Hotel, Ballinasloe, Co Galway, on Jan 22-23, 2011, when he appeared for trial at Galway Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.

However, moments before the trial was due to begin, Canny pleaded guilty to the charge.

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