Truck driver jailed for kicking and punching partner while threatening to kill unborn baby

The court heard the man has also threatened to kill his partner, her young daughter and her unborn child

Sentencing Maciviliskas to two-and-a-half years in prison, Judge Keenan Johnson said the accused had committed a horrific offence while on a drunken spree with vodka. File photo

A truck driver has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for a violent assault on his pregnant partner during which she was kicked and punched in the stomach and threatened with a blade.

Gintautas Macivilskas (38), a Lithuanian national with an address at Millmount Road, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault causing harm to his partner, Lina Celiesiene, at her home at Ashfield, Mullingar on December 12, 2018.