33-year-old threatened to kill ex-girlfriend

By The Newsroom
Published 19th Jan 2016, 09:20 BST
Updated 19th Jan 2016, 10:24 BST
A Waterside man who threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend has been ordered to spend 18 months on probation.

Sean Johnston, of Hollymount Park, pleaded guilty to making a threat to kill on June 29, last year.

The local Magistrate’s Court heard the injured party received a phone call from the 33-year-old, during which he threatened to kill her.

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He claimed he would be waiting outside Women’s Aid for her to come out.

Defence counsel Paul Kearney told the court the threat was ‘nasty, concerning and no-one should have to tolerate it’.

District Judge Barney McElholm warned Johnston if he came back for domestic violence ‘you will almost certainly serve a period of imprisonment’.