NATASHA O’Brien says her faith in the justice system has been restored after her thug attacker Cathal Crotty was finally caged today. The three-judge court jailed the brute for two years for ...

The Court of Appeal has overturned the fully suspended sentence handed down to former soldier Cathal Crotty and jailed him for two years for beating Natasha O'Brien unconscious on a public street ...

Cathal Crotty, who is 22 and from Ardnacrusha in County Clare, had been handed a suspended sentence for the offence last June. He attacked 25-year-old Natasha O'Brien in Limerick in 2022 after she ...

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Yesterday, Cathal Crotty, a 22-year-old soldier who viciously attacked O’Brien and later boasted about it online, was handed a fully-suspended sentence for the assault which he pleaded guilty to.

Cathal Crotty is due to be discharged from the Defence Forces at a minute before midnight. The 22-year-old, of Parkroe Heights, Ardnacrusha, Co Clare, was given a three-year suspended sentence for ...

Soldier Cathal Crotty’s victim turned campaigner on becoming a voice for people denied justice Natasha O’Brien explains how she regained her hope after ‘almost losing faith in humanity ...

The wholly suspended sentence imposed on soldier Cathal Crotty, who beat Natasha O'Brien unconscious on a public street after she asked him to stop shouting homophobic abuse, sends out the wrong ...

Cathal Crotty had grabbed Natasha O’Brien by her hair and punched her to the ground after she asked him to stop shouting a homophobic slur at passersby Cathal Crotty received a three-year ...

Private Cathal Crotty, 22, is no longer employed by the Irish military, an Irish Defence forces spokesperson confirmed. It comes after he was convicted of attacking 24-year-old Natasha O'Brien in ...

A large demonstration in Dublin was one of several protests to be held across the country after Cathal Crotty (22), a serving Irish soldier, beat Natasha O’Brien (24) unconscious to the point ...