No jail for convicted killer who threatened to burn down charity worker's home

A man with a previous conviction for manslaughter has received a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for threatening to burn down the home of a charity worker. The defendant, aged 31 and from Swords Road, Dublin 9, pleaded guilty to making a threat to damage the property of a man running a soup run for homeless people on Dame Street on May 27, 2016. The threat was motivated by anger that the charity…