Cork man accused of threatening to petrol bomb home of ex-partner

Judge Olann Kelleher said the alleged threats were serious and refused bail.

A young man accused of sending threatening texts to his former partner allegedly sat near her and her parents in a courtroom in Cork and threatened to put a petrol bomb through their letterbox.

Garda Stuart Crichton arrested the young man and brought him before an in camera hearing of Cork District Court to deal with the case under the Domestic Violence Act. The parties cannot be identified.