Man fined over threat to smash ex-partner’s face in

A middle-aged man threatened to smash his ex-partner’s face in and went on to smash her front door.

Ray Cooper, aged 46, of 10 St Finbarr’s Rd, Cork, pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to a charge of causing criminal damage to his ex-partner’s home, which is also at St Finbarr’s Rd.

Defence solicitor Michael Quinlan said the defendant was in a relationship for 22 years and that his partner decided to move on with her life and leave him.