By Leigh Mcmanus For Mailonline
Published: 13:14 GMT, 23 March 2019 | Updated: 13:15 GMT, 23 March 2019
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A mother-of-three left for dead and needing reconstructive surgery after an attack by her ex-soldier then-partner has spoken out about the horrifying abuse she suffered.
Jessica Bowes, from Clondalkin, Dublin, had every bone in her face broken days before Christmas 2015 by her children's father Jonathan McSherry, 34.
He served 22 months of a three-and-a-half-year sentence after he breached a barring order, hid in Ms Bowes bushes and launched the attack after dragging her out of a taxi at her home and even attacking her friends and the driver, reports Evoke.ie.
Brave Ms Bowes waived her right to anonymity to speak out about the leniency of her ex-partner's sentence, even appearing on The Late Late show in Ireland and receiving a wave of support online for her strength.
Jessica Bowes with Jonathan McSherry, 34, in Dublin. He was jailed for the attack on her
Speaking on the show, she said: ‘I could feel this heat running down my face and I knew it was blood and I thought oh my God, I’m dying.’
Recalling the attack - which left her needing metal inserted to align her face - in West Dublin, on December 20,
