Death-threat accused jailed

A man who threatened to kill his estranged wife at her new home in Swords and led gardai on a high speed car chase with his seven-year-old son in the back-seat through north Dublin has received a four year suspended sentence.

A man who threatened to kill his estranged wife at her new home in Swords and led gardaí on a high speed car chase with his seven-year-old son in the back-seat through north Dublin has received a four year suspended sentence.

Charlie O'Neill (aged 44), of Balcurris Road, Ballymun picked up a knife in his wife's kitchen during an argument and told her: "I'll put this in your head."