'People, women and girls going out to socialise, should be free from any fear of anybody putting their hands on them'
Footballer Paddy McCourt has been given a suspended sentence after he was convicted of indecent assault by touching a woman in a Derry bar.
McCourt, a father of three from Wheatfield Court in Muff, Co Donegal, was convicted of the indecent assault by District Judge Ted Magill following a two day contested hearing which ended on May 31. “It was brief but it was obviously very startling for her. It was captured on CCTV. Your level of intoxication was also captured on CCTV. You were quite drunk but drunkenness is no excuse and a drunken intent is still intent”, he said.
“When a case is contested and there is a conviction the court is not in a position to offer any reduction in sentencing as is available for a plea of guilty. Also in your Pre-Sentence Report in which you say you do not accept your guilt does not leave me with many options because quite frankly without an acceptance of guilt by you a Probation Order is not an option”, the District Judge said.
“People, women and girls going out to socialise, should be free from any fear of anybody putting their hands on them. That is the serious aspect of this offence. I therefore feel that the custodial threshold has been passed.
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