Man spied on former lover with binoculars

A man prompted by unrequited love to spy on a woman’s home was yesterday given an eight-month suspended jail sentence.

Judge John Coughlan imposed that term on William O’Sullivan, aged 58, of 8 Barrett’s Buildings, Gurranabraher, Cork, at Cork District Court.

O’Sullivan pleaded guilty to a charge of harassing the woman on dates between November 6 2013, and July 23 2014. The Director of Public Prosecutions directed that if he did not plead guilty at the district court, the case would have to go to trial by judge and jury.