Builder jailed for aggravated burglary and threats to wife

A construction worker has been jailed for 18 months for threatening to kill his wife and for attacking his neighbours with a metal bar.

Iosif Popitan, originally from Romania but with a fomer address at Mobhi Court, Glasnevin, Dublin, pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary and making a threat to kill on dates in September and October 2011.