Man bailed for threatening to kill ex, then repeats threat

A young man with a violent history threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend an hour after being released on bail on another charge of threatening to kill her.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said a worrying feature of the victim impact report was that the young woman feared for her life, particularly when one of the threats was repeated in front of a member on An Garda Síochána who was arresting him.

The judge said the young woman had done everything right — going to court to get a protection order, going to the gardaí — but still she was being threatened and put in fear for her life.