Sentencing hearing adjourned for jealous lover convicted of assault

A young father who threatened to kill himself and his ex-partner when he suspected she was seeing someone else after they had broken up has had his sentencing adjourned for six months.

Derek Menton (aged 26) pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting Ms Lindsay Dargan, smashing her mobile phone and making threats in person and via text message to kill or cause serious harm to her on March 23, 2008.