Paddy Leonard, 16 Jun
District Judge Barney McElholm has said at Derry Magistrate's Court
that a man suffers from 'the Johnson syndrome it's all me, me, me'.
His comments came in the case of James McCallion (31) of Hillcrest in
Derry who admitted charges of assault, two threats to kill and domestic
abuse offence that occurred on December 9 last.
The court heard that police were called to a report of a woman
screaming and on arrival they separated the pair and spoke to the
woman.
She said that McCallion had been out drinking with his cousin and she
had told him to stay with his mother as she didn't want an argument.
He returned to the house and an argument started and when she went
screaming to the door he pulled her away.
He accused her of contacting his cousin and threatened her and her
father if he found out anything was going on.
The woman said McCallion constantly put her down calling her stupid and
went through her phone.
At interview McCallion said he had said he would talk to the woman in
the morning.
He said he stopped her screaming as he didn't want a scene.
He denied hitting her but admitted going through her phone to check
messages to his cousin.
Defence counsel Fergal McCormick said his client 'held his hands up' to
the offences.
Judge McElholm said that this defendant acted 'like a 3-year-old
toddler having a temper tantrum.'
He sentenced him to 6 months in prison suspended for two years.