Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Tom Harte

Born between May 1944 and May 1945, from the ages reported. 2 reports across 1 case, 2 May 2024 to 2 May 2024

Suspect: Tom Harte, Irish man, 79 (judged from name)Tom Harte

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted
Born
Between May 1944 and May 1945, from the ages reported
Offences
Assault causing harm
Where
Co. Wicklow
Reporting
2 reports, 2 May 2024 to 2 May 2024
Outlets
irishmirror.ie, rte.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
02/05/24 - 78 year old Tom Harte from Ashford, Co. Wicklow pictured leaving Wicklow Circuit Court this afternoon, after he was sentenced to 12 months in prison with the final 2 months suspended for assault causing harm to his then 97 year old wife in May 2023
02/05/24 - 78 year old Tom Harte from Ashford, Co. Wicklow pictured leaving Wicklow Circuit Court this afternoon, after he was sentenced to 12 months in prison with the final 2 months suspended for assault causing harm to his then 97 year old wife in May 2023
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishmirror.ie, 2 May 2024
Tom Harte lives in a nursing home in Bray, Co Wicklow, and will start his prison sentence next week
Tom Harte lives in a nursing home in Bray, Co Wicklow, and will start his prison sentence next week
Photocredit not given by the outletvia rte.ie, 2 May 2024

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Cases

latest first
  • Man sentenced for assault causing harm in Co Wicklow Assault causing harm · Co. Wicklow

    On 6 May 2023, Tom Harte, 79, pushed his 97-year-old wife down a six-foot drop into a ditch while she was cutting briars in their garden near Ashford, Co Wicklow, locked the door to stop her leaving, and then hit her on the head several times with a walking stick. The judge was satisfied that Harte faked a seizure when gardaí and paramedics arrived at the house. He pleaded guilty to assault causing harm at Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court on 2 May 2024. He was sentenced to 12 months in prison with the final two months suspended, conditional on no contact with his wife for 10 years after release.

    Sentenced, 2 May 2024Convicted · 2 reports

Timeline

every report naming Tom Harte, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 2 May2024
    Sentencedirishmirror.ie, in Man sentenced for assault causing harm in Co Wicklow
    Wicklow pensioner jailed for assaulting wife 'with walking stick'
    convicted, Tom Harte, 79, male, named, irish (judged from name)Tom Harte
  2. 2 May2024
    Sentencedrte.ie, in Man sentenced for assault causing harm in Co Wicklow
    Man jailed for 'bizarre' assault on 97-year-old wife
    convicted, Tom Harte, 79, male, named, irish (judged from name)Tom Harte

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