A woman who killed her partner during a drunken row 10 years ago has been sent back to prison for 16 months after she breached the conditions of her suspended sentence. Mr Justice McDermott said that the probation report mentioned that Thornton did not wish to pursue treatment in the immediate future. Ultimately, he said, the court had imposed a suspended sentence and had been left in a situation where the terms had been breached. Mr Justice McDermott said that he would not reactivate the fully suspended sentence of three years and would instead activate 22 months. Mr Justice Barry White suspended three years of her sentence to give her an incentive to rehabilitate.

Source: The Irish Times February 15, 2021 15:10 UTC