A judge has jailed for one year a HSE paramedic who “patently abused” his position of trust when assaulting two female first aid students. Judge Keys imposed a four month jail term for the assault on mother of three Elise McMahon to run concurrently to the two year term. Judge Keys said that an aggravating factor in the case was that Long of Carraig Dubh, Tobertaosceain, Ennis had shown no remorse or concern for the welfare of his victims. Long rendered mother of one Ms Nihill unconscious with his choke hold and in evidence, Ms Nihill told the court that after the incident “I was in shock. Judge Keys said he had taken into account Long’s employment prospects when imposing sentence.

Source: The Irish Times April 30, 2019 18:33 UTC