The suspended sentence handed down to Cathal Crotty has shown how far we need to go to reach ‘zero tolerance’ - National Women's Council.
The suspended sentence handed down to Cathal Crotty has shown how far we need to go to reach the ‘zero tolerance’ approach to gender-based violence the Government has promised.
Exactly two years since the Government’s Zero Tolerance strategy for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence was published, the NWCI is warning that without proper resourcing it cannot achieve its goals.The council is reminding Government that Zero Tolerance must mean Zero Tolerance – regardless of a perpetrator's status, family or ‘good character’.“The message is that violence against women is not being taken as a serious crime,” she said.
“She emphasised many times how traumatic the system was and how traumatic the years in the aftermath of the case were.Last week, serving soldier Cathal Crotty , of Parkroe Heights, Ardnacrusha, County Clare, walked free from court after he was handed a suspended sentence for beating Ms O’Brien unconscious on Limerick’s O’Connell Street.
Hours after the attack, Mr Crotty boasted about what he had done, writing to friends on Snapchat,"Two to put her down, two to put her out."
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