She will still be able to affectively care for her children Fabbychic. There are thousands of blind parents coping fine.
What a horrendous attack, sickening. He will get time for it, but he'll be out in half of it. The alcohol will take most of the blame, along with some level of 'mental' imbalance.
Hope that the story will not lead to the judgement being affected. He will need protection as he has been named and vigilantes again will want 'revenge' leading to his safety being paramount over others.