NORTH SHIELDS MAN SPARED JAIL AFTER ASSAULTING GIRLFRIEND ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
A man named Paul Dillon, aged 39, from Barnstable Road, North Shields, has pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend, Sarah Lyle, at her home located on Nater Street, Whitley Bay, on New Year's Day.
The incident involved Dillon sitting astride Ms.
Lyle and repeatedly punching her in the face and body during a drunken altercation.
When officers arrived, they found Dillon sitting on her and engaged in the assault.
Dillon's defense solicitor claimed that Ms.
Lyle had come at him with a table lamp in a fit of temper and tried to hit him, and he reacted in self-defense to try and stop her.
The court sentenced Dillon to a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered him to pay Ms.
Lyle £150 in compensation.
Despite the violence, Dillon was spared jail time.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United States
- based on surname
42.9%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United Kingdom
36.8%
Surname region
UK
United States
42.9%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
ith a table lamp in a fit of temper and tried to hit him, and he reacted in self-defense to try and stop her. The court sentenced Dillon to a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered him to pay Ms. Lyle 150 in compensation. Despite the...
Discharge or deferred sentence
The court sentenced Dillon to a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered him to pay Ms
