Lurgan area assault trio sentenced

A 31-year-old man driven to Newtownabbey by a female friend and his then girlfriend to attack her former partner was jailed for seven and a half months on Tuesday while the two women were freed. His 34-year-old former partner, Maria Ward was put on probation for a year and ordered to complete 50 hours community service, while their 27-year-old friend Toni O'Neill had her four-month sentence suspended for 12 months.