Pensioner faces trial for alleged harassment

A 68-year-old man appeared in court yesterday accused of phoning a woman 150 times and leaving voicemails in which he allegedly threatened to kill her.

Sergeant Tom McCarthy charged Tom Murray, of 10A Wellington Rd, Cork, with a number of additional charges yesterday, including counts of assaulting the woman and her present partner, assaulting Garda Agnieszka Pizlo, and four counts of engaging in threatening behaviour.

He was also charged with harassment of the woman, with whom he had previously been in a relationship, on various dates between September 1 and December 7 last year.