Hundreds sign petition calling for abuser to serve full sentence

Kim Fox says she will never recover from the abusr. "The beatings, the scars, the nightmare, it never ends" Picture: Kim Fox/PA Wire

Hundreds of people, including victims of domestic violence, have signed a petition urging the justice minister to prevent a notorious abuser from walking free from prison early.

Paul Barry, of Ballybrack in Dublin, is due to be released this Christmas after serving two years of his 32-month sentence.