Woman withdraws complaint against ex-partner after they 'got on well' in chance meeting

Last month, complainant told the judge she was put in fear and that he had breached the terms of a safety order

Woman told court she and her former partner got on very well when they met accidentally in town in the past few days, that he had changed, was working and was going to pay maintenance for their children. Picture: Larry Cummins

A woman who claimed she was put in fear by social media contacts from her ex-partner, including one of a peace-sign emoji, told the judge in the case she met him in town after over three years without contact and they got on so well that she wanted to withdraw her complaint.

“We bumped into each other by accident for the first time in three and a half years. We spoke for half an hour,” the young woman told Judge Olann Kelleher at an in-camera hearing of Cork District Court for cases under the Domestic Violence Act.