'Very violent man' who threw TV at partner gets partially suspended sentence

Judge Seán Ó Donnabáin agreed at Cork Circuit Appeals Court to suspend the 10 months sentence but said the defendant would have to serve the six months.

A man threw a television at his partner, slapped her across the legs with a hockey stick and threw a cup of hot coffee at her and now part of his prison sentence has been suspended.

The accused man who was given a 10-month sentence and a consecutive six-month sentence was out on bail pending an appeal of this 16-month term, said he was undertaking treatment to deal with some of his background issues.