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Thousands in Ireland protest the suspended sentence of a soldier who assaulted a woman
Cathal Crotty protest
THOUSANDS of protesters in Ireland hit the streets on Saturday after a serving soldier was given a suspended sentence for his brutal assault on a woman in Limerick last November.
Cathal Crotty was given a three-year suspended sentence on Thursday for beating Natasha O’Brien six times until she was unconscious after she asked him to stop shouting homophobic abuse.
Mr Crotty later boasted about the attack on social media.
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