A man has been jailed for 16 months for threatening to kill the woman charged with killing his son.
Seán Hanley (43), formerly of Meelick, Co Clare, was yesterday convicted of three counts of threatening to kill Ms Sarah Craig and her husband, Mr Éamon Craig, Kileely, Limerick, between May and September of this year.
Glen Bowden (22), Whitecross Gardens, Moyross, Limerick, was jailed for 10 months after he was convicted of threatening to kill Mr Craig on May 9th.
Judge Tom O'Donnell at Limerick District Court said he believed Hanley was involved in "a campaign of threatening behaviour" against the Craig family. "I understand that he has to deal with his grief but I firmly believe that he has not dealt with it and that he is on a campaign of threatening behaviour against the Craig family and this has to stop," the judge said.
Ms Craig, who is in her early 20s, is charged with the manslaughter of Brian Hanley (20) at Cregan Avenue, Kileely, on August 26th, 2001, and with having a knife in her possession on the same date.