Sisters subjected to ‘living hell’ by stalker

Two sisters broke down in court as they told how their lives had been made “a living hell” by being stalked and harassed by a man they barely knew.

Two Roscommon sisters, aged in their 20s, told Roscommon Circuit Court that they were in fear for their lives and terrified of what would happen once Alan Higgins was released from prison.

Higgins, aged 26, of Ballymacurley, Castleplunkett, Castlerea, pleaded guilty at a previous court sitting to two charges of harassing the women on dates between Nov 2011 and Feb 2012.