Man hit ex-girlfriend over cup of tea
Robert Allen, prosecuting, said: "She told him to get out of the property and he called her a 'fat bitch'.
''He then went to the kitchen and told her to make him a cup of tea.
"When she refused, he said 'you bitch' and raised his right hand and hit her in the face.
"She called the police, who found Mr Farrell walking away from the property. He accepted he assaulted her in the way she described."
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Farrell, who has a daughter with Ms Cult, was handed a 14-week jail sentence suspended for one year.
He was also ordered to undertake 80 hours of unpaid work.
If my understanding is correct, that means that he doesn't go to prison for this offence, but that if he commits another crime within a year then this sentence can be added to whatever he's given for the other crime. And, in the meantime, he does some work and doesn't get money for it.
Anyone else feel that this might not be the most effective to get this 23-year-old man to change his ways? And that this very possibly is not the safest solution for his ex-girlfriend, considering he let himself into her house on the day of this incident?
