Man who made 'icy, menacing' threat to kill woman at Cork Penny Dinners gets two years

'When he threatened to kill me and said he would carry out his threat no matter how long it took, I did not doubt for a single moment that he meant it,' the victim told the court
Man who made 'icy, menacing' threat to kill woman at Cork Penny Dinners gets two years

The man was sentenced to two years and eight months with the last eight months suspended by Judge Helen Boyle at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. File photo

A woman serving lunches at Cork Penny Dinners described being shaken to the core by an icy, menacing threat to track her down and kill her and now the man who issued this chilling threat has been jailed for two years.

“The moment I heard his icy, menacing words, filled with violent intent, I was shaken to my core. When he threatened to kill me and said he would carry out his threat no matter how long it took, I did not doubt for a single moment that he meant it. 

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