Group 1-winning rider Colm O'Donoghue acquitted of assault charges | Horse Racing News
UPDATED 1:39PM, JAN 14 2021 Multiple Group 1-winning Flat jockey Colm O'Donoghue was on Monday acquitted of two counts of physical assault on his ex-girlfriend Jill Macken in 2018 after Carrick-on-Suir district court heard Ms Macken had set out to ruin his career. The incidents were alleged to have taken place at his home in Fethard, County Tipperary, on October 6, 2018 and at the Pillo Hotel in Ashbourne, County Meath, on November 12, 2018. O'Donoghue denied both allegations from the outset. The court, which was presided over by Judge Terence Finn, heard that on the date of the first ...
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