Patrick McClean sentenced for harassing garda with letters

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Patrick McClean received a two-and-a-half-year sentence, suspended in full, for harassing a garda at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 3 July 2017.

McClean pleaded guilty after sending six threatening letters to Garda Claire McGuigan following a penalty-points notice.

The letters were sent to Raheny Garda station between August 4 and September 29, 2016.

Judge Martin Nolan said McClean was unlikely to reoffend and prison was not justified at his stage of life.

The judge described the threats as obscene, vile and rambling, while McClean had no previous convictions.