RAHOON MAN JAILED FOR HARASSING STUDENT

Date Published: 13-Dec-2011

A 33-year-old man, who stalked a Leaving Cert student for 17 months, has been jailed for six months.

Gerard Cunningham, an unemployed man from, 1 Gort na Bro, Rahoon, pleaded guilty before Galway District Court to harassing the then 17-year-old between April, 2009 and September, 2010.

He was remanded in custody until yesterday for sentence so that the victim could be brought before the court to give evidence of the impact of the harassment.

Judge Fahy indicated she was going to suspend the sentence.

However, when the girl became visibly upset at this she had a change of heart.

She sentenced Cunningham to eleven months in prison, back dated to when he was taken into custody last week.

She suspended the final five months of the sentence on condition he stay away from the girl and her family, continue under the supervision of the probation service and be of good behaviour for two years.