Cork man jailed for threatening to stab woman and children before stealing car from their driveway

The man apologised for his behaviour saying he wanted to acknowledge his wrongdoing to the woman and her children and did not ask for forgiveness

Patrick Heaphy was sentenced on Friday to three-and-a-half years in prison with the last year suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. File picture

A man fixated on stealing a car broke into a house armed with a knife and threatened to stab a woman and her young children putting them through a terrifying ordeal.

38-year-old Patrick Heaphy, who was living at an address at Riverside Wharf at the time of the crime, was sentenced on Friday to three-and-a-half years in prison with the last year suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.