Ireland Case No. 3817Assault causing harm, threat to kill or cause serious harm · Co. Dublin · 27 Aug 2024
25-year-old Dublin man sentenced to six years for assaulting pregnant partner and threatening ex-partner
A 25-year-old Dublin man was sentenced to six years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 18 February 2026 after pleading guilty to assaulting his then-pregnant partner in August 2024 and threatening to petrol bomb another ex-partner's home in May 2021.
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- Sentenced19 Feb
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Key facts
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- whatThe man, then 21, and his first partner had been in a relationship for several years and had two young children together. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe first partner obtained a protection order in the weeks before the May 2021 incident. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatOn 26 May 2021, the man called the first partner from a private number and said he was going to petrol bomb her home. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe man told the first partner he was going to wait outside her home with a shotgun. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatFour of the man's previous convictions relate to the first injured party, including two breaches of a protection order, criminal damage and assault. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatOn 27 August 2024, the second victim was three months pregnant. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatWhen gardai arrived, the second victim had bruising to her eye and red marks on her arm. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe man was in the sitting room, having been on a five-day drugs bender. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe man dragged the second victim out by her hair, kicked and punched her, telling her he was going to kill her stone dead. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe man kicked the second victim in the stomach while she screamed for help; he knew she was pregnant. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe man threw the second victim's keys out of a window and threw her phone against a wall. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatWhen a friend arrived, the man said he would stick a knife in whoever came to the door. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe man was arrested later that morning on 27 August 2024. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe man spent two months in custody before getting bail, which he surrendered in September 2025. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe man was on bail for making threats to his first partner at the time of the second offence. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatThe defence said the man has significant mental health issues including suicidal ideation and was the victim of child sexual abuse. (dublinlive.ie)
- chargeThe man pleaded guilty to assault causing harm and making a threat to kill or cause serious harm to his then-partner in August 2024. (dublinlive.ie)
- chargeHe pleaded guilty to making a threat to kill or cause serious harm to another partner in May 2021. (dublinlive.ie)
- courtJudge Martin Nolan noted the second event was 'much more serious' than the first. (dublinlive.ie)
- sentenceHe was handed a global sentence of six years, with the final 18 months suspended. (dublinlive.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 19 Feb2026Man who attacked pregnant partner previously threatened to petrol bomb ex's home
Sentencing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court; global sentence of six years with 18 months suspended; judge noted the assault of a pregnant woman was 'much more serious' than the earlier threats; man was on bail for the first offence when he committed the second.
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