Man gets seven years for subjecting ex-partner to horrific 19-hour ordeal after break-in

The court heard that during the assault Alan McEvoy threatened his victim with a syringe which he would fill with acid

Sentencing McEvoy to nine years in prison for the burglary, the judge suspended the final two years on a number of conditions. File picture

A Wicklow man who subjected his former partner to a terrifying 19-hour ordeal after breaking into her home has been jailed for seven years.

A sitting of Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court also heard Alan McEvoy subjected the woman to a prolonged campaign of harassment by following, pestering and texting her on numerous occasions over a three-month period as well as impersonating a garda in calls to her employer.