Crime & Safety
Ex-Boxer From Stoughton Admits To Attempting To Kill Girlfriend
Christopher McInerney pleaded guilty to the charges related to the serious beating that led to his arrest in 2017.
DEDHAM, MA — A Stoughton native and former boxer will spend time in prison for attempting to murder and kidnap his girlfriend.
Christopher McInerney, now of Weymouth recently pleaded guilty in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham to several counts of attempted murder, kidnapping, strangulation or suffocation, assault and battery on a family/household member, larceny, and violating an abuse prevention order. A jury trial was scheduled for Aug. 24, according to the court's office of the clerk.
McInerney was sentenced to six years in a state prison and three years probation. He was given 282 days credit. He was also ordered to have no contact directly or indirectly with the victim. Other probation terms include an order to remain drug and alcohol free, random drug and alcohol testing, GPS monitoring with the victim's home and work and victim's mother's home as exclusion zones, and a requirement to complete a certified batterer's program.
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Police became aware of the abuse in early May 2017 when the victim went to the Weymouth Police Department to request a restraining order. In her report, officer Jennifer Pompeo said the victim had bruising on her face, two bloodshot eyes, and a swollen lip. The victim told police that on May 6, she was attacked by McInerney following an argument on the way home from a bar. Court records describe a scene where the victim was dragged upstairs in a headlock by McInerney and then held her down with his hand over her mouth. He then strangled the victim before holding her down, spitting on her, and twisting his shoe against her face and neck.
The victim told police that she thinks she was punched and strangled for two hours.
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McInerney eventually left the home, but not before body slamming the victim in an effort to get her phone.
McInerney was previously arrested in 2008 for attempted murder, but the charges were dismissed.
A 2011 Stoughton Patch article identifies him as a Stoughton High School graduate.
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