A Kildare woman who injured her partner after discharging a shotgun when she discovered he was having an affair has been given a two-year suspended jail sentence.
Andrea Booth (48) of Nurney Bog Road, Nurney, Co Kildare pleaded guilty at Naas Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of recklessly discharging a firearm at the home she shared with her partner, Patrick Healy, on October 7, 2020, contrary to Section 8 of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990.
Garda James Young told the court on Friday that the couple had been drinking the previous evening in a pub in Kildare town where Mr Healy had consumed eight pints and the accused had also drunk some alcohol before they returned to their log cabin home outside Nurney.
