Teenage mum left in fear by partner

A fearful teenage mother says her former boyfriend is torturing her in her dreams following their break-up.

Jonathan O’Donnell, aged 19, from Boula, Portumna, has been sentenced to five years in prison with the final two suspended for threatening to kill his former 19-year-old girlfriend and mother of his son.

O’Donnell, who has his son’s name tattooed on his neck, pleaded guilty before Galway Circuit Criminal Court in April to threatening to kill or cause serious harm to the girl on September 19 last year. He also pleaded guilty to harassing the mother of his child on dates between September 13 and 27.