Judge praises threat victim's 'kind and generous spirit'

Stuart McManus, aged 44, of Joyce Road, Drumcondra, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to making a threat to cause serious harm to a woman at her home on Ferguson Road, Drumcondra on Hallowe'en night. The court heard McManus attended the property after becoming angered by children throwing fireworks at his house. He complained to the woman about the incident and threatened to throw a cup…