Man harassed woman ‘after hearing voices in his head’

A man who harassed a woman for nine months had been hearing voices warning him he would be menaced by evil spirits if he disobeyed them, a court has heard.

Alan Foley, aged 32, of 36 Woodview, Pinecroft, Grange, Cork, was found not guilty by reason of insanity yesterday at Cork District Court on a charge of harassing the woman at her home in Cork from October 2013 to July 2014.

Sergeant Miriam McGuire told Cork District Court Foley knew the injured party and turned up persistently at her home between October 2013 and January 2014, sometimes four or five times a day.