Man snatched ex-partner’s pet terrier ‘to antagonise her’

When he could not get access to his young daughter, David Markham decided to get his own back on his former partner.

He forced his way into her house and decided to snatch her pet terrier.

Markham, 25, of Clonlara, Co Clare, pleaded guilty at Limerick District Court to entering his former partner’s house at Cliona Park, Moyross, as a trespasser with intent to cause an offence.