Judge dismisses 'intimidated' Cork woman's case against ex for breaching protection order

The young woman told the court she "was petrified something might happen" when her ex-partner followed her at their shared workplace

The judge said the issue was not whether he was guilty of something in the past in the relationship but whether he was guilty on this occasion of breaching a protection order. File picture: Larry Cummins

A young woman who has a protection order against her ex-partner claimed that he followed her on a long corridor at their shared workplace putting her in fear.

Defence solicitor, Frank Buttimer, put it to the complainant during a trial at an in-camera hearing of Cork District Court: “At no stage did you say, ‘Stop following me or I will call the guards'.”