Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Offences

Harassment; arson; criminal damage

Where

Co. Laois

Reporting

1 report, 7 Jul 2024 to 7 Jul 2024

Outlets

irishmirror.ie

• Man sentenced to 10 years for harassment and arson in Mountrath Harassment; arson; criminal damage · Co. Laois

  William Phelan, 57, a farmer from Paddock, Mountrath, Co Laois, pleaded guilty to persistently harassing his adult niece through phone calls, voice messages and Facebook posts, and threatening to burn her home, at Cloneen, Mountrath, between February 15 and July 25, 2023. He also pleaded guilty to arson at a storage facility at the rear of his takeaway on Main Street, Mountrath, on May 23, 2022, and to causing criminal damage to the windows of a car belonging to his nephew, Jason Phelan. A Book of Evidence was served at Portlaoise District Court in November 2023 and the case was sent forward to Portlaoise Circuit Court. In July 2024, Phelan was sentenced to six years for the arson and six years for the harassment charges to run consecutively, with the final two years suspended for five years on conditions including 18 months of Probation Service supervision and no contact with his niece or nephew.

  Sentenced, 7 Jul 2024Victim · 1 report

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1. 7 Jul2024
   Sentencedirishmirror.ie, in Man sentenced to 10 years for harassment and arson in Mountrath

   Man who subjected niece to lengthy campaign of harassment jailed for 10 years

   victim, Jason Phelan, irish (judged from name)Jason PhelanIE

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