Judge warns 'misogynistic online influencers' are fuelling rise in domestic violence among young men as he jails man who beat partner and posted her intimate images

"Blaine Parker can now be named after his ex-girlfriend indicated she wanted him identified at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court, where the judge described it as the worst domestic violence case he had seen"

"A man has been jailed for eight years after posting intimate images of his ex-girlfriend on social media and with her family following years of brutal assaults and controlling behaviour."

"Judge Keenan Johnson said today that Blaine Parker (24), of Clonybane, Ballymore, Co Westmeath, treated the young woman "like a punchbag" for years."

Blaine Parker can now be named after his ex-girlfriend indicated she wanted him identified at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court. A judge described the case as the worst domestic violence case he had seen. Parker (24), of Clonybane, Ballymore, Co Westmeath, was jailed for eight years. He posted intimate images of his ex-girlfriend on social media and shared them with her family. The offences followed years of brutal assaults and controlling behaviour. The judge said Parker treated the young woman "like a punchbag" for years. The sentence addresses image-based abuse combined with prolonged physical and psychological violence.

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