Man who beat partner with shovel until it broke is convicted of assault

A Limerick man on trial for raping, torturing and imprisoning his partner has been acquitted of most charges but convicted of assault and false imprisonment.

The jury spent six and a half hours deliberating after a 11-day trial at the Central Criminal Court. It found him guilty of assaulting the woman outside her home and of dragging her into a waiting car. He was also convicted of beating her with a shovel until it broke.