Man in 'complicated relationship' with married woman who he bit on the buttocks is jailed

Judge Gabbett told the court: 'This is what happens when you engage in complicated relationships, things get complicated.'

Judge Gabbett said that he couldn’t suspend the prison term and had been considering a higher prison term than one month. File picture

A judge has imposed a one-month prison term on an intruder who bit the buttocks of a married woman during the course of a late night assault at her family home.

At Killaloe District Court sitting in Ennis, Judge Alec Gabbett imposed two concurrent one-month prison terms on Martin Gooney (27) of Riverview, Scariff, Co Clare for the assaults on the woman at an address in Whitegate, Co Clare on December 22, 2022.