#Cathal Crotty

[loch-n-ceol]

Let me get this straight

He beat up a woman, which she could have died yet the government didn’t do anything because HE COULD LOSE HIS JOB IN THE ARMY WHEN SHE LOST HERS

HE ONLY ADMITTED GUILT BECAUSE THERE WAS FOOTAGE OF HIM BEATING HER

HE’S STILL FREE AND SHES IN FEAR AND JOBLESS

[cavenewstimes]

Appeal against ex-soldier Cathal Crotty’s sentence, Donegal murder trial and MV Mathew drugs seizure among cases due before courts in 2025

An appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) over an “unduly lenient” suspended sentence imposed on former Army private Cathal Crotty for a brutal physical assault on a young woman is among several high-profile cases due before the courts in the new law term that begins on Monday. The suspension of the entirety of a three-year sentence for the assault on Natasha O’Brien in Limerick city…

[quicklyscreechingwerewolf]

His name is Cathal Crotty and everyone needs to know who he is and what he did.

[williamchasterson]

Ireland protests over suspended term for assault by soldier

Cathal Crotty was given a fully suspended sentence after beating a woman in a random street attack. from BBC News https://ift.tt/l1oUp8w via IFTTT

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Natasha O'brien

[shetheyshenanigans]

tbh if I saw someone start beating the shit out of Cathal Crotty, not only would I join in, we would be each others alibi

If we plead guilty though maybe the judge won't want to ruin our futures and we'll get off with a €3000 fine!

(for context, Cathal Crotty, an Irish soldier, was shouting homophobic slurs in the streets of Limerick in May 2022 when Natasha O'Brien, a passerby, politely asked him to stop. He then proceeded to attack her brutally and later bragged to his friends that it took "two to put her down, two to put her out".

Natasha thought she was going to die, and she ended up with a concussion so severe that she was deemed "high risk" for a BRAIN BLEED. She suffered from PTSD and eventually lost her job as a result.

Crotty's sentencing concluded yesterday and Judge Tom O'Donnell said that although Crotty had initially blamed the attack on Natasha and said she'd started it, he "must be given credit" for pleading guilty and asked Natasha if she understood "the significance" of his guilty plea because it meant she didn't have to go through the trauma of an 18 month trial, as if she hadn't already had two years of suffering.

O'Donnell then said that if he imprisoned Crotty, his army career would be over, his future would be ruined and that “In fairness to him, he has come to court and publicly admitted his wrongdoing, and he has made a public acknowledgement of his criminality."

Cathal Crotty got a three year SUSPENDED sentence and was ordered to pay €3000 compensation to Natasha O'Brien.

He is still an active member of the Irish Defence Forces, although they have said that “Any conviction in a civilian court may have implications for the retention and service of members of the Defence Forces, as stipulated in Defence Forces Regulations" and it is thought they will begin the court martial process soon.)

so yeah. Judge Tom O'Donnell and Cathal Crotty have made it known that in this country, a man can brutally attack a woman, cause her to immense suffering, cause her to lose her job, and he will still have both his own job and his own life available to him for the low price of three grand.