Previously in court, Power smiled when evidence of the violent attack was being describedOne of the children ran barefoot from the house to raise the alarm with neighbours
Stephen Power
A man who broke into a family home on Christmas Eve and beat a mother in front of her young children and stabbed her boyfriend has been jailed for six years.
Stephen Power, (34), who had prior convictions including for arson, possession of knives, possession of drugs for sale or supply, burglary, theft, criminal damage, was sentenced by Judge Colin Daly at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court.