Co Armagh man, accused of non-fatal strangulation of another man, told he may face jail, Craigavon court hears
A District Judge has told a Co Armagh man, accused of non-fatal strangulation of another man, that custody is “very much the focus of the sentencing exercise”.
Jordan Turkington, aged 25, from Birchwood Grange, Portadown, appeared before Craigavon Magistrates Court on Wednesday charged with non-fatal strangulation, assault causing actual bodily harm, criminal damage and theft.
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No details of the facts of the case where shared in court, however, Turkington’s barrister Mr Conor Lunny, said his client pleaded guilty to all charges and hoped the District Judge would consider a pre-sentence report.
The charges include non-fatal strangulation of a man on November 5, 2023 and assaulting the same man causing him actual bodily harm. Turkington also pleaded guilty to damaging an iPhone belonging to the victim on the same date.
He also pleaded guilty to stealing Airpods with charging case, noise cancelling earbuds with charging case and a beanie hat from the same victim on dates between November 4, 2023 and February 24, 2024.
District Judge Michael Ranaghan said: “There is a real difficulty with this particular offence (non-fatal strangulation) coming to this court.”
He told Turkington he is getting the chance of a pre-sentence report (PSR). “There are no promises from this court and custody is very much the focus of the sentencing exercise around this. You need to be aware that non-fatal strangulation carries a maximum in this court of two years,” said District Judge Ranaghan.
The case was adjourned until May 14 when the PSR should be before the court.