'It only took him six weeks to destroy me': criminal who beat, raped and coercively controlled partner to remain in prison after appeal rejected

A man convicted of subjecting his partner to a sustained campaign of violence, rape and psychological control in Killybegs, County Donegal, will remain in prison after the Court of Appeal rejected his appeal against conviction in December 2025. Dean Ward, aged 38 and formerly of County Wexford, was found guilty in June 2022 of twelve offences committed between June and July 2019. The offences included four assaults…