Man shouted at ex-wife on sideline as they watched son play football, court hears

A woman was put in fear when her ex-husband screamed at her to let their young son go to another soccer club after his team had lost yet again.

The 40-year-old man pleaded guilty at an in-camera sitting of Cork District Court to breaching a safety order by putting his wife in fear on the sideline of a pitch after a match. The woman told Judge Con O’Leary that she and the defendant were separated for years and were, at this stage, divorced.