Cork man convicted of putting ex in fear when she rang him about maintenance payments

The injured party said: "This is going on for two years and I am fearful all the time."

Judge Olann Kelleher convicted him but said he would put sentencing back for three months to see how he would behave in the meantime. File photo

A middle-aged woman claimed that her ex-husband threatened to kick her to death or get others to do it and that she was in fear of him.

The woman said that her ex-husband also threatened to tell people that she was “up and down with other women’s husbands” and that this upset her greatly. She said that her ex-partner – more than anyone – knew that this was untrue and that such a thing would upset her.