Man who threatened to put his mother's 'teeth down her throat' jailed

Gavin Mitchell was charged with a range of thefts as well as having a hammer in his possession in a public place and breaching a safety order

The judge at Letterkenny Court charged Gavin Mitchell to six months in prison on Section 33 of the Domestic Violence Act after he breached a safety order and also six months on one of the theft charges. File picture

A Donegal man who threatened his mother that he would "put her teeth down her throat” has been jailed for a year.

Gavin Mitchell appeared before Letterkenny District Court charged with a range of thefts as well as having a hammer in his possession in a public place and breaching a safety order. The 46-year-old, who is originally from Letterkenny, is now of no fixed abode and is in custody in Castlerea Prison.