Man who made 'vile' online comments about wife loses barring order breach appeal

Judge said the appellant was 'making really vile suggestions' in his online comments. The judge added as verbal abuse it was appalling and really shocking

Man came before Cork Circuit Appeals Court where he appealed against a prison sentence of eight months for breaching the barring order by posting the comments on social media. Picture: Larry Cummins

A 40-year-old man who is barred from his family’s rural home and from communicating about them on social media posted "vile" comments about his estranged wife and one of his daughters arising out of a sex abuse case.

He came before Cork Circuit Appeals Court where he appealed through his solicitor Eamon Fleming against a prison sentence of eight months for breaching the barring order by posting the comments on social media.