DPP lodges appeal against soldier Cathal Crotty's suspended sentence 

Crotty who beat a woman unconscious in a random street attack, and boasted about it afterwards on social media, walked free from a court after getting a fully suspended sentence

Defence Forces soldier Cathal Crotty (centre). Picture via social media

The Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed the sentence given to soldier Cathal Crotty last month.

Crotty, aged 22, who beat a woman unconscious in a random street attack, and boasted about it afterwards on social media, walked free from a court after getting a fully suspended sentence.