Una Ring tells of harassment: 'I didn't feel safe even when he was in jail'

Cork man James Steele was jailed this week for harassing and threating Una Ring. She explains how 'just a work colleague' escalated into someone much more sinister
Una Ring tells of harassment: 'I didn't feel safe even when he was in jail'

Una Ring at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday where she saw James Steele, who had harassed, stalked, and threatened her, jailed for five years. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Cork Courts Limited

They were work colleagues. Nothing more. Then came the unwanted sexual advances and the texts, before an obsession escalated to sinister stalking and threats of rape.

Now Una Ring, the brave woman who was the victim of a terrifying stalker ordeal, has given a chilling insight into how the man she once regarded as "just a work colleague" began to harass her, stalk, and threaten her, before he was caught in a Garda surveillance operation as he was about to break into her home with the intent of raping her.

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