Man assaulted partner seven times and threatened to cut their baby out of her

Court heard the man also threatened the woman’s mother and destroyed her home with the handle of a pickaxe

The man pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to six charges of assault causing harm and one of assault, stealing the woman’s car, her bank cards, her tablet and her mobile phone three times, criminal damage to her mother’s home, threatening to damage her mother’s home by fire and threats to kill the woman on dates between December 2017 and July 2019.

A man has been sentenced to six years in prison after assaulting his partner on seven separate occasions and threatening to kick and cut their baby out of her.

The now 22-year-old Dublin man was 17 years old and homeless when he began a relationship with the then 25-year-old woman. He moved into her home and the couple later had a daughter together.