Jail for man who screamed 'I'll rip her out of you' as he kicked pregnant partner in stomach

The physical and emotional effects on the victim are harrowing, the judge said, and will endure for the rest of her life

Dean Paget (pictured) pleaded guilty to attempting to murder his former partner Lisa Ward and accepted the facts in relation to a charge of intentionally ending the life of a foetus - his own unborn child. File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

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A violent criminal who told his then-partner that he would "rip" their unborn daughter from her as he punched and kicked her in the stomach has been jailed for 13 years by a judge at the Central Criminal Court.