An Ennis woman convicted of assaulting her father along with a young mother and toddler has been jailed for three years.
26 year old Majella McCarthy of Galway Road Ennis appeared before Limerick Circuit Court
Last July she was found guilty of charges relating to an incident on the 4th of March whereby she poured petrol over her father before dousing Cree woman Mary Kelly and her 18 month old baby girl.
It took a jury 35 minutes to find Ms McCarthy guilty on three counts of assault causing harm at Spanish Point Road, Miltown Malbay on March 4th last.
At Limerick Circuit Court, Judge Sean O’Donneabhain said that Ms McCarthy presents a clear danger to the public and the option of placing her in any setting other than prison was not open to him
At earlier court sittings, Ms McCarthy’s father appealed for help for his daughter expressing the fear that the next time she is in court it might be for killing him.
Judge O’Donneabhain told the accused that he agreed with her father
The judge described the offence as a "nasty dangerous type of assault carried out in a wilful manner" and imposed a three year jail sentence on the assault charges
