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flag Mark White sentenced to 8 years for years of domestic abuse, including attacks on pregnant victim and children.

flag Mark White, 54, of Mayo, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple domestic violence charges spanning 2010 to 2017. flag The victim, a woman who endured physical, sexual, and psychological abuse—including being beaten while 24 weeks pregnant, choked, threatened with a knife, and assaulted in front of their children—described the ordeal as seven years of “mental torture.” White fled Ireland after the relationship ended, living in France and Spain, before being arrested at Dublin Airport in November 2024 following a European Arrest Warrant. flag Judge Paul McDermott called the abuse severe, calculated, and degrading, noting its lasting impact on the victim and children. flag The judge imposed a nine-year-six-month sentence, suspending 18 months on conditions including rehabilitation and a 20-year post-release supervision order, along with a seven-year no-contact ban.

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