Man who perpetrated 'wanton violence' on woman who refused to go into bedroom jailed at Derry court
A man who perpetrated what the court described as 'wanton violence' on a woman after she refused to go into her bedroom with him has been jailed at Derry Crown Court.
Connlan Boyle (21) of Rosskeen Park in Derry admitted assaulting two women occasioning actual bodily harm and wounding a man who came to their assistance on March 19, 2025.
The court heard the two women were drinking in one of their homes and Boyle was with them.
He asked one of the woman to go into her bedroom with him and when she refused he swung at her but missed but then proceeded to pull her to the ground, punching her several times.
When the other woman intervened he also assaulted her, kicking her in the face.
The court was shown footage of part of the incident which had been captured on CCTV.
One woman ran to the building’s security for assistance, and the first woman sheltered in another tenant's flat.
When the other tenant called Boyle 'a woman beater', he assaulted him, kicking him to the head repeatedly and standing in his head.
Boyle could be seen on the footage leaving the scene and then returning to assault the now unconscious man on the ground.
When police arrived they found the injured man lying face down in the foyer.
At interview Boyle did not accept he instigated the fighting, and claimed he was defending himself.
Judge Roseanne McCormick KC said Boyle had 28 previous convictions and displayed 'volatile and impulsive behaviour'.
She said he was assessed as being of 'a high likelihood of reoffending.'
Boyle was sentenced to 38 months, with half to be spent in custody and half on licence.