Ex-boyfriend ran at me with a knife, says complainant

A woman claimed she was held captive by her ex-boyfriend and that he slashed a big canvas poster of Marilyn Monroe with a machete threatening that the same would happen to her.

Michael Lynch, aged 26, who was living at Tír na Spiteóga, Inchigeelagh, Co Cork, was put on trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday before Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin and a jury. He faces a charge of falsely imprisoning Katie Nugent on November 19, 2015 at his rented home.

Ms Nugent testified that she had been in a relationship with Mr Lynch for two or three weeks but the relationship was over on November 19, 2015. She said that on that night she was drinking with friends when Mr Lynch phoned and arranged to come up and go for a spin with her in his blue Passat.