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Man to be sentenced for harassing Sharon Ní Bheoláin

Summary

Conor O'Hora, 40, of Heather Walk, Portmarnock, pleaded guilty in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to harassing RTÉ newsreader Sharon Ní Bheoláin between 27 March 2013 and 7 January 2014 without lawful authority or excuse. He also pleaded guilty to knowingly possessing child pornography on a hard drive on 18 February 2014. His defence counsel, Pieter Le Vert BL, argued the plea was based on recklessness and requested time for a therapeutic report before sentencing. Judge Martin Nolan set the sentencing hearing for 16 May 2018, when full facts will be considered.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Man to be sentenced for harassing Sharon Ní Bheoláin. Charges or matters: harassing, without lawful authority or excuse, Ms Ní Bheoláin on dates between March 27, 2013 and January 7, 2014; knowingly possessing, on a hard drive, child pornography at Heather Walk, Portmarnock on February 18, 2014. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• March 27, 2013 Incident
• January 7, 2014 Incident
• February 18, 2014 Incident
• May 16, 2018 Other
• 2018-03-22 Publication

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