Couple left ‘disgusted’ after neighbour avoids jail

A couple who were harassed by ‘a neighbour from hell’ over six years have stated that “justice wasn’t served” after the man was given a suspended sentence.

Ray and Patrizia Crowley were speaking after Judge Gerald Keys imposed a three-year suspended jail term on retired Department of Agriculture officer Martin McLoughlin.

At Ennis Circuit Court, McLoughlin, aged 68, of Ballymaconna, Barefield, Ennis, Co Clare, was convicted last November of threatening to kill Mr Crowley in 2010 and harassing the Crowleys from October 1, 2006, to March 31, 2012.