The community worker has been chosen to stand for election for the UUP next May
The Ulster Unionist Party has selected as a council election candidate a community worker who gave a court reference for a man jailed for battering his ex-wife.
A judge at Belfast Crown Court said the domestic violence left her with mental injuries including post-traumatic stress disorder along with physical scars.The UUP candidate told Belfast Live the letter was not in "support" of Beckett, describing his actions as "abhorrent". "I work on a voluntary basis with the victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. The work with the perpetrators is to help them identify the hurt they cause to their victims, their family and the community. The purpose is to stop domestic violence and end the cycle."
Beckett was arrested in October 2020 after turning up outside his ex-wife's home at Dunanney Avenue in the Rathcoole estate.
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