CONNEMARA WOMAN APPEARS IN COURT FOR HARASSING EX BOYFRIEND

Date Published: 21-May-2009

A 32-year-old woman who could not accept her ex-boyfriend had ended their relationship and had a new girlfriend, made over 1100 nuisance phone calls to the couple, Galway Circuit Criminal Court heard this week.Nora Devaney, a native of Derreen Glas, Lettermullen, Connemara, with a former rental address at Glenvale Court, Clybaun Road, pleaded guilty to persistently using a phone on dates between August 2007 and April 2008, for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another.The accused, who is an unemployed secretary, also pleaded guilty to harassing her former boyfriend in Galway city on various dates between August 2007 and April 2008.She also pleaded guilty to harassing his new girlfriend in Galway city on dates between December 15 and April 3 last year.Defence barrister, Francis Comerford, said his client reacted badly to the ending of the relationship and had seen a psychiatrist Judge Raymond Groarke adjourned the matter for twelve months and warned Devaney that if there was any more phone calls he would “lock” her up in prison.