Four years in jail for threats to ex-partners

A man who harassed two former partners and threatened to harm them if they did not hand over cash has been given a six-year sentence, with two years suspended.

Ian Waters, 35, of Springfield Heights, Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to harassing Orla Sheridan by mobile calls and texts on dates between August 19 and December 10, 2013.

The father of one also pleaded guilty to making demands with menace from Amy Tresson, the mother of his child, on dates between May and July 2014. He has no previous convictions.