Cathal Crotty was given a fully suspended sentence after beating a woman in a random street attack.
A woman beaten in the street by a serving soldier who later boasted about it on social media has criticised the Irish justice system after he avoided prison.
However, he said the defendant "must be given credit" for his guilty plea and told the court he had "no doubt" that if Crotty was jailed his army "career is over".She added that Crotty had taken a pledge, when he joined the Irish Defence Forces, to "protect the citizens and civilians of Ireland". “I was really, really, hoping that I would have been able to set a good example, that when you do something bad you get consequences for it - and instead our system has shown that it is broken," she added.Ms O’Brien, who was not known to her attacker, said she wanted to come forward to “use her voice” because so many women have been “traumatised”.
"I cannot commend her enough for what she has done. And the bravery that she has shown. It is always open to the DPP to appeal a sentence. I say that broadly," Ms McEntee told Irish broadcaster RTÉ.She said she wanted to see cultural and legal change."What is happening with the Irish Defence Forces? What’s going on with the system of justice? Why are they failing victims?"
"I think we have a wider, all-of-society challenge there in terms of educating our boys and young men about how to treat our fellow citizens," he told Evening Extra.
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