'This is just the bare minimum': Natasha O'Brien reacts as Cathal Crotty discharged from Defence Forces

Natasha O'Brien speaking to the media on the street outside the Dáil in June 25. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/ © RollingNews.ie

A soldier who walked free from court last month despite being found guilty of beating a woman unconscious in a "vicious" street attack has been discharged from the Defence Forces.

Private Cathal Crotty, who beat Natasha O’Brien unconscious, is leaving the Defence Forces on Thursday.