Ex-garda gets six years for subjecting wife and stepsons to 'horror after horror' for 12 years

The judge noted the offending took place in front of children at times

Mark Doyle (pictured) admitted five counts of assault causing harm to Meav Doyle and two counts of assaulting two of her sons causing them harm on dates between September 2007 and August 2019. Picture: Paddy Cummins

A former garda who put his ex-wife and stepsons through “horror after horror” over a 12-year period has been jailed for six years.

Mark Doyle, aged 38, with a previous address at Corbally Paddocks, Newbridge, Co Kildare, admitted five counts of assault causing harm to Meav Doyle and two counts of assaulting two of her sons causing them harm on dates between September 2007 and August 2019.