Man held in custody over rye bashing death of woman BelfastTelegraph.co.uk A man in custody over a series of alleged crimes against a woman has been handed a custodial sentence. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/article30036224.ece/8cd0b/AUTOCROP/h342/NWS_20161230_NEW_016_2슬롯 사이트1121899_I2.JPG
A man in custody over a series of alleged crimes against a woman has been handed a custodial sentence.
Simon Stott, from Belfast, has been held on suspicion of wounding her during a fight last July on a Dublin night, when she was attacked as she returned home alon마사지e after being home alone with her boyfriend.
The 41-year-old, who is a married father of five, faces eight years if convicted.
His trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court will resume at the end of January with the man facing a maximum sentence of 45 years when he is sentenced on March 28.
Stott has previously been accused of causing serious harm to a woman and damaging a car during the incident, by saying: “I have taken responsibility,” and threatening to harm the young woman if she did not move off her boyfriend.
Speaking after the sentencing, Judge Niall D McCrindle said the victim, who was a young mother of two and had three young daughters at home, had been left with a fractured cheekbone and broken teeth.
She received treatment after being attacked on Stott’양산출장안마s premises in nearby Ballysillan, Ballymena, in the early hours of the morning on July 14 last year.
Stott, who denied three offences of assault and criminal damage, admitted two counts of wounding, but said he had no previous convictions.
He told the court he had not sought to protect the young woman when she was assaulted but had only noticed “bruises” in her face. He denied another two counts of causing serious harm to a person and one of causing damage by noise.
He also denied one count of damage to a motor vehicle, but accepted his actions had caused a damage to a car.
Judge McCrindle described the incident as “extremely embarrassing for you.
“The injury was inflicted by you after your return from the bar at 3.40am, leaving a bloody scene on a road near your home.
“You were in the home t