Cork man in Christmas Day threat to kill ex’s new partner

A 68-year-old man, charged with 19 counts of harassing a woman, lost his bail yesterday after evidence that he had gone to her house, banged repeatedly at the front door on Christmas Day and threatened to kill her new partner.

Tom Murray of 10A Wellington Road, Cork, was arrested by Sergeant Tom McCarthy for an alleged breach of his bail and appeared before Judge Leo Malone at Cork District Court yesterday.

Sgt McCarthy said the accused man was granted bail on December 11 on his undertaking to stay away from of Mary Gibney of Adelaide Terrace and not have any contact with her. Sgt McCarthy said the bail conditions were breached.