Paul Moody

Moody pleaded guilty to coercively controlling the woman over a three-and-a-half-year period, beginning soon after they met online in May 2017. During that time ...

Today, the judge described him as a bully who made her life hell before jailing him for three years and three months. Paul Moody, a member of An Garda Síochána, has been jailed for three years and three months for coercively controlling his former girlfriend. Garda Paul Moody jailed for three years for coercive control

With reporting restrictions now lifted, he can be named as 42-year-old Paul Moody, who was stationed at Irishtown Garda Station in Dublin at the time. Paul ...

Today, the judge described him as a bully who made her life hell before jailing him for three years and three months. In her victim impact statement yesterday, the woman described him as very funny and charming when they first met but said he quickly turned into a monster. A Garda has been jailed for three years and three months for subjecting his ex-girlfriend to what was described as over three years of 'absolute hell.'

Paul Moody (43) is given sentence of three years and three months and is one of the first people to be convicted of the offence.

He added that in this case the issues that emerged contributed to devastating consequences for the victim. I couldn’t endure any more pain and torture from this man,” the woman said before she added that she had considered taking her own life. I was afraid to show vulnerability as that was when he attacked me the most,” the woman continued. “He has robbed me of so much that I cannot get back. “Women are afraid to tell the truth. “He was beyond evil with his words”. He said he had to take into consideration the fact that prison can be difficult for a former garda. Later he came to the hospital. “I believed he was going to kill me so many times. She said she couldn’t battle cancer and a war with him. He said Moody had carried out a catalogue of vile and humiliating criminal misbehaviour. He took secret photos of her naked and threatened to post them online.

A serving garda who tortured and terrorised a woman ill with cancer has been sentenced to three-and-a-quarter-years in prison.

He said he had disgraced himself and, to some degree, his colleagues in An Garda Síochána. It is, he said, a heinous degrading reign of control and overwhelming. Unbeknownst to her he also took pictures of her naked and threatened to circulate them online.

With reporting restrictions now lifted, he can be named as 42-year-old Paul Moody, who was stationed at Irishtown Garda Station in Dublin at the time. 98fm's ...

Today, the judge described him as a bully who made her life hell before jailing him for three years and three months. A Garda has been jailed for three years and three months for subjecting his ex-girlfriend to what was described as over three years of 'absolute hell.' Garda Paul Moody was caught after a colleague found thousands of abusive messages to his then girlfriend on his phone.

The court heard that Paul Moody, in one 14-hour period, sent 652 messages amounting to one message every 90 seconds.

He added that in this case the issues that emerged contributed to devastating consequences for the victim. “The was the last straw…..that is the day he broke me,” she said. Coercive control is overwhelming and that power is even more overwhelming where the abusive activity is by an abuser who appears to hold a profession or a position of respect from the community such as in this case, a member of An Garda Siochana." “He was beyond evil with his words”. I didn’t know what was right or wrong anymore because he was breaking my mind,” the woman continued. He became verbally abusive and she pulled over to let him get out. If you speak to us you will be dealt with empathetically, professionally and with respect. He said Moody had carried out a catalogue of vile and humiliating criminal misbehaviour. Moody of St Rapheals Manor, Celbridge, Kildare, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of coercive control in relation to the woman within the state on dates between January 1, 2019, and November 30, 2020. Sentencing him on Tuesday, Judge Martin Nolan noted that the maximum sentence available to the court for this offence is five years. The man threatened to stick a knife in her in one voice message. The messages were described in court as threatening, vile and abusive.