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‘This is a step forward,’ says Natasha O’Brien as DPP lodges appeal against Cathal Crotty’s suspended sentence

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‘This is a step forward,’ says Natasha O’Brien as DPP lodges appeal against Cathal Crotty’s suspended sentence

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Soldier Cathal Crotty was given a suspended sentence for his assault on Natasha O’Brien

Shane Phelan and David Raleigh

The Director of Public Prosecutions has lodged an appeal against the controversial three-year suspended sentence received by soldier Cathal Crotty for beating a woman unconscious in a random attack.

The appeal is being taken on the basis of the sentence handed down by Judge Tom O’Donnell was unduly lenient.