Kerry father convicted of intimidating sex worker

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A Kerry father was convicted of intimidating a sex worker at the Central Criminal Court, as reported on 15 December 2015. A jury found him guilty of two counts of threatening or putting in fear a witness in a Garda investigation.

The man cannot be named for legal reasons. The offending involved threatening text messages and emails intended to make the woman withdraw criminal allegations, according to the report. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy adjourned sentencing to January and remanded him in custody until then.