Suspended sentence for explicit texts sent to ex

Almost 200 explicit messages and images were sent to a young woman’s phone from a man with whom she had been friendly for a brief period years ago.

Fergal Grace, of 17 Travara, Skehard Rd, Cork, was given a 10-month sentence yesterday for harassment. Judge Olann Kelleher suspended the jail term on Grace’s undertaking to have no contact with the injured party — directly or indirectly — for the next two years. Grace gave that undertaking yesterday.

Inspector Daniel Coholan said when gardaí obtained a warrant to search the defendant’s home in relation to the harassment complaint they found he was cultivating cannabis in his bedroom.