![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjIwMCIgd2lkdGg9IjMwMCIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEiLz4=) THE WHOLLY suspended sentence imposed on former soldier Cathal Crotty, who beat Natasha O’Brien unconscious on a public street after she asked him to stop shouting homophobic abuse, sends out the wrong message regarding society’s attitude towards such crimes, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP |