Man acquitted of attempted murder last week also has assault charge dropped

A father of three who was cleared of threatening to murder his ex-girlfriend's partner has had a charge of assaulting his ex-girlfriend causing her harm dropped at the Central Criminal Court.

Robert Lawlor was acquitted last week of five charges, including attempted murder, following a trial in which his ex-girlfriend Rachel Kirwan resiled from a statement she gave to gardai in which she said Mr Lawlor had threatened to kill her new partner Derek Mitchell and his mother Fiona Mitchell.