Man texted ex-partner to say he knew what she was wearing

The accused faced sentencing after pleading guilty to a charge of breaching a protection order by calling and texting her and putting her in fear

The accused was fined €500 for breaching a protection order.

A sentencing judge said it must have been very unnerving for a young woman to get texts and calls from her ex-partner when she arrived home at night saying he knew where she had been and what she had been wearing.

The young man, who had been ordered to stay away from his ex-partner, also threatened that he did not want to take her away from their child but that he would do so and rear the child himself.