Woman mounted campaign of harassment against former Cork TD Jonathan O’Brien

A Garda told the court: “Phone records show that Sonya Egan contacted Jonathan O’Brien in the form of calls and messages over 5,500 times in a six-month period."

Sonya Egan (pictured here in February) had written a letter to the court, in which she stated: “Upon reflection I am incredibly sorry for my behaviour. In no way does any past experience justify my offending. I did not realise the extent of my behaviour until it got out of control. File picture: Cork Courts

A woman who mounted a campaign of harassment against former Sinn Féin TD Jonathan O’Brien and a woman working in the community in Cork created a false online profile as Jeremy Corbyn falsely stating that he was the accused woman’s father.

43-year-old Sonya Egan, of The Lawn, Lios Cara, Killeens, County Cork, faces sentencing for harassing Mr O'Brien and Laura O’Connell at Cork Circuit Criminal Court and a jury was about to be sworn in to hear the case against her.