Man who burned ex-partner's foot gets 10 years for multiple assaults and coercive control

Speaking outside the courts, Chief Superintendent Finbarr Murphy told other domestic abuse victims that “we will back you 100% if you come to us in relation to this”.

In her victim impact statement, the victim told the court she “might be dead or in a vegetative state” if doctors and gardaí had not intervened to get her away from Kane. File picture: iStock

A man convicted of coercively controlling and repeatedly assaulting his former partner has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years.

During a 20-month relationship, Daniel Kane, aged 52, repeatedly attacked the woman, including burning her foot, cutting her with a pizza slicer, headbutting her in the face while she was recovering from nasal surgery and stamping on her arm causing her multiple fractures.