Anne Fennell receives suspended sentence for bomb threats

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Anne Fennell received a fully suspended five-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 17 November 2016 for bomb threats and harassment. The threats targeted the President and several public offices, while the harassment involved her parish priest.

Fennell had pleaded guilty to persistent annoying calls and obscene or menacing messages between February and December 2014, as well as harassing Father Desmond Byrne in 2006. She had no previous convictions.

Judge Melanie Greally imposed consecutive sentences totalling five years, suspended in full, and ordered 18 months of probation supervision including psychiatric and therapeutic services.