Man who told ex-partner 'I'm not afraid to kill you' during attack in front of children, gets 16 months

A father-of-five who beat up his ex-partner and threatened to kill her while his children hid in a room and called 999 has been jailed for 16 months.

David Weafer let himself into his former family home uninvited before threatening the mother of his children with a knife, kneeing her in the face and head-butting her, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard today.