Robert Lawlor found not guilty of threatening to murder ex-girlfriend's partner

Robert Lawlor nodded his head and mouthed, "thank you" in the direction of the jury as the court registrar read out the verdicts one by one.

A father of three has been found not guilty of threatening to murder his ex-girlfriend's partner and of attempting to murder the man's mother by firing shots into her home.

The ex-girlfriend of accused man Robert Lawlor (35) took to the stand during the trial, where she withdrew a statement she gave to gardai alleging that her former partner had threatened to kill her boyfriend Derek Mitchell and his mother.