A guilty verdict was handed down yesterday to a man who denied falsely imprisoning his ex-girlfriend for 24 hours where he slashed a big canvas poster of Marilyn Monroe with a machete and threatening that the same would happen to her.

A woman claimed she was held captive by her ex-boyfriend and that he slashed a big canvas poster of Marilyn Monroe with a machete threatening that the same would happen to her.

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THE provincial capital of Westmeath was the focal point last night for a another nail-biting episode in the on-going national TCH schools’ quiz.