Jail for man who broke wife's leg by stamping on it in 'horrific' assault

Judge said: 'I can’t imagine any more horrific description of inflicting pain. I can’t imagine a worse Section 3 assault' 

Judge said assault whereby the man raised his wife’s leg in the air while she was lying on the ground before twisting her foot and stamping on her leg which resulted in two fractures to her limb was designed to cause maximum damage and pai. Picture: iStock

A judge has described an incident in which a husband broke his wife’s leg in a violent assault in her home in Co Wicklow last year as “like something a trained soldier would do”. 

Judge Pat Quinn said the highly unusual nature of the assault whereby the man raised his wife’s leg in the air while she was lying on the ground before twisting her foot and stamping on her leg which resulted in two fractures to her limb was designed “to cause maximum damage and pain”.