A Tipperary man who stalked and harassed his former girlfriend for more than six months in an attempt to rekindle their relationship has been given a suspended sentence.
David Nevin (40) sent text messages to the woman as well as phoning, emailing, faxing and sending hand-written notes. He turned up at her place of work and home, and tried to contact the chief executive of the firm where she worked.
Nevin of Terryglass, Nenagh, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to harassment of the woman from August 2012 to February 2013 at locations in Dublin.
Emotional trauma
Judge Martin Nolan had remanded Nevin in custody in early May to “think about his position” and on Thursday sentenced him to 3½ years, but suspended it in full.
Judge Nolan said the woman had suffered significant emotional trauma because of Nevin’s behaviour which the judge said was “totally wrong”.
“To put it at its very mildest, he doesn’t take rejection well,” said the judge, who warned Nevin that if he reoffended he would go to prison for a very, very long time.