Judge gives ex-soccer player three years for fatal assault

A former soccer player has been jailed for three years for killing a woman he thought was spreading rumours about his new-born baby being taken into care.

Wesley Ward (aged 33) pulled Ms Tracey O’Brien to the ground and kicked and stamped on her head outside the Rotunda Hospital. The mother of his child was also involved in the attack. She was acquitted of manslaughter but convicted of assault causing harm last month.