Mum of four jailed for nine years for savage bottle assault

A Limerick mother of four young children attacked a man with a bottle during a house party with such ferocity that doctors feared he would not survive the brain injuries that he received.

Melissa Whelan, aged 27, with an address in Moyross, was yesterday jailed for nine years at Limerick Circuit Court for assault causing serious harm to Wayne Fitzgerald, also aged 27.

Judge Tom O’Donnell said no civilised society could tolerate the level of savagery involved in the assault.