Man hit woman who called him a paedophile

Published Date: 22 July 2008
By Freelance

A twenty-four years old man who admitted striking a woman who called
him a paedophile outside a bar in the Rosemount area of Derry earlier
this year was yesterday given a conditional discharge for six months
at the local Magistrate's Court.
Jonathan Taylor, of Cornshell Fields, pleaded guilty to assaulting the
woman on January 1 last.

District Judge Harry Coll was told that the defendant and the woman
had been drinking in the Village Inn where the two of them had
exchanged words. The defendant met the woman after he left the
premises to go to his cousin’s house.

“More words were exchanged; she called him a paedophile and he took
exception to that,” a prosecution lawyer told the court. “He struck
the injured party who sustained a swollen nose and bruising to her
face,” he added.

Mr. Coll said he wasn’t surprised that the defendant had taken
exception to being called a paedophile but he criticised him for
hitting the woman.

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