Mark Doyle, who had been stationed at Ronanstown, Blanchardstown and Cabra, was suspended by An Garda Síochána and later resigned from the force before pleading guilty on the day of his scheduled trial last October
A former garda who put his ex-wife and stepsons through “horror after horror” over a 12-year period has been jailed for six years.
She described a relationship marked by control, violence, coercion and abuse during which she and her children lived in “constant terror and fear”. The judge said it was “noteworthy” that Doyle was a former member of the defence forces and a member of An Garda Siochana. He noted the offending took place in front of children at times.
“The trauma will last a lifetime,” she said, adding that the abuse had turned her from a confident, outgoing, ambitious woman into a shell of herself, suffering from anxiety, panic attacks and depression. “Domestic violence is constantly second-guessing yourself. Domestic violence is the fear of violence all the time and of violence against children. Domestic violence is not knowing what will set the offender off, and when you think you have worked it out, it changes on a whim.
Mark Doyle twice perforated his wife’s eardrum by punching her to the head in front of her children, blaming her for the assault: “You see what you’ve made me do.” During other assaults, he kicked his wife repeatedly while wearing boots and whipped her in the head with his jacket, cutting her with the zip.
Mark Doyle also assaulted his other stepson on several occasions, punching him to the stomach, banging his head on the table, pulling him out of bed by the hair and stamping on him causing cuts to his face, the court heard.Mark Doyle met gardaí by appointment in December 2020 and denied the allegations against him, saying “everything had been twisted.”
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