Judge advises Cork woman to get legal advice before withdrawing domestic violence complaint 

The defendant was before an in-camera hearing of Cork District Court on a charge of breaching a Domestic Violence Act order.

A woman who wanted to withdraw a complaint against her partner for allegedly punching her in the face was told by a judge that she should take legal advice first, adding that it was in society’s interest as well as her own.

Judge Colm Roberts said: “The State is concerned about this sort of thing. The concern is how we as a society deal with these sorts of things so that there is a reduction in it and that people feel safer.”