Cork woman jailed for sustained campaign of harassment against surgeon

During the hearing, the defendant repeatedly asked to speak and repeatedly made claims about the doctor being in possessions of sensitive private information about her

Cork woman Ethel Noonan, aged 45, sent emails to the victim and her colleagues slandering the victim's reputation with false claims. File Picture: IrishPhotoDesk.ie

A woman who carried out a sustained campaign of harassment against a consultant surgeon because she was unhappy with a procedure has been jailed for two and a half years.

Cork woman Ethel Noonan, aged 45, sent emails to the victim and her colleagues slandering the victim's reputation with false claims that she was engaging in female genital mutilation (FGM), was involved in a “dark underworld of child porn”, and should be locked up.