Groom attacked wife on their wedding night

By The Newsroom
Published 29th Nov 2016, 18:00 BST
Updated 6th Dec 2016, 12:53 BST
A groom who kicked and punched his new wife in the bridal suite of a hotel on the night of their wedding has avoided being sent to jail.

Shocking details of the wedding night attack emerged at Antrim Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

The court heard it should have been the best day of their lives but instead joiner Kevin Joseph McGrath (28) - whose address was given as Ardnaskea Drive, Coalisland, but who had been living in Desertmartin in County Derry - went on a drink bender.

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He was so drunk his barrister claimed he couldn’t remember anything after the wedding meal ended at 8pm.

The court heard the night quickly went downhill with McGrath attacking his new wife in the bridal suite.

Police were called to the White River House Hotel in Toomebridge on Sunday October 2 this year.on.

His wife fled her room and alerted staff and had to be taken to hospital for treatment to her injuries, the details of which were not outlined to the court.