More jail time over boiling water ‘torturing’

A man who effectively tortured his pregnant girlfriend by pouring boiling water over her, after first adding sugar to the water increasing its boiling point, has been given extra prison time by the Court of Appeal.

Michael Lynch, aged 25, had pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm to Tara Byrd, aged 25, at their house on Old Youghal Rd, Cork City, on July 27, 2015.

A jury at Cork Circuit Criminal Court found him guilty of assault but cleared him of making threats to kill on the same occasion. He was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail on June 7, 2016.