Pregnant woman fled house with broken leg

A pregnant mother of one had to hobble to her parents’ home in Cork with a broken leg, a head wound, and a broken arm after a 45-minute attack by her drunk partner.

William O’Brien also kicked Ellen Crowley as she went down the stairs and told her: “Be a good girl and clean up the blood before making some food.”

Judge David Riordan said a garda sergeant’s “words and the photographs of the injuries indicate this was an appalling assault on this lady; it was an exercise in domination of the most animalistic nature”.