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A MAN made phone calls of a sex- ual nature to a woman in the wake of a relationship breakdown, a court heard yesterday.
Floriano De Faricus (23), of Fer- gus Park, Ennis, pleaded guilty to sending a message or other matter which was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character by means of the telecom- munications system, between Feb- ruary 13 and 27 last.
Inspector Michael Gallagher told Ennis District Court that a woman complained to gardai that she was receiving regular phone calls of a sexual nature from an unknown number.
He said there were five phone calls in total, over a period of a month. After gardai were alerted, an inves- tigation was set up and the defend- ant was traced and subsequently charged.
“I think it was something to do with a relationship,’ said Inspector GPU ET aoe
Defending solicitor Tara Godfrey
said the recipient of the phone calls had been in a relationship with the accused’s brother-in-law.
“That relationship had ended. My client was concerned by the attitude adopted by the recipient of the phone calls, to his brother-in-law. It had created terrible upset,’ she said.
‘He, in very poor judgment, made telephone calls to this lady. He was acting out of concern for his wife and her family. He had no right to make those phone calls and he ac- cepts that,’ she added.
“He acted out of extreme emo- tional strain of he and his family,” SI NTomT BOR
Ms Godfrey said her client has lived in Ireland for the past two years “without having committed any offence”.
Judge Eamon O’Brien ordered the accused to pay ©200 to the court poor box and said if this is done the matter will be struck out.
‘The State can re-enter it if there are any other problems,” he said.