Victim of random street assault has become symbol of the legal system’s handling of gender-based violence
Thousands of people marched in Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick on Saturday to show solidarity with Natasha O’Brien, 24, who has become a symbol of the legal system’s handling of gender-based violence.
Crotty beat O’Brien unconscious in Limerick city centre on 29 May 2022 after she asked him to stop shouting homophobic slurs to passersby. O’Brien told Limerick circuit criminal court the attack left her feeling like “a punching bag” and that her last conscious thought was “he’s not stopping, I’m going to die”.
Judge Tom O’Donnell gave Crotty a fully suspended three-year sentence and ordered him to pay €3,000 compensation. He called the assault appalling, cowardly and vicious but took into account Crotty’s guilty plea, lack of previous convictions and the end of his army career if given a custodial sentence.
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