A Judge struck out a two-month jail term imposed on former Clare GP Paschal Carmody yesterday after hearing that he snapped due to huge media pressure at the time he assaulted a summons server.Mr Carmody (61) of Ballycuggeran, Killaloe, was appealing the severity of the conviction that resulted in a two-month jail term being imposed on him at Killaloe District Court last November. The controversial medic assaulted summons server, John Sommers on March 8, 2007 at his home as Mr Sommers was trying to serve High Court papers on behalf of a Dublin firm of solicitors.
Father-of-five Mr Carmody was accompanied to court yesterday by his wife Dr Freida Keane Carmody.
