Jailed debt collector who made kidnapping threat has ban reduced on appeal

Kevin Molloy had previously lost an appeal over an effective 18-month jail sentence for the offence

Mr Justice Charleton said the “criminal methodology” employed by Kevin Molloy included threatening phone calls which menacingly indicated Molloy knew where the man lived and was watching him, where Molloy said “the situation could get very ugly if not dealt with within 48 hours”. File photo: iStock

A debt collector with a “dreadful” criminal record cannot resume debt collection for two-and-a-half years after he completes an 18-month jail sentence for harassing a woman and her father, the Supreme Court has ruled.

The court set aside a condition of a partially suspended sentence under which Kevin Molloy could not resume debt collection for seven years.