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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Stephen Maguire

Man who punched hole in ex-girlfriend's bedroom door with scissors after breaking into her home jailed for a year

A man who punched a hole in his ex-girlfriend's bedroom door with a pair of scissors after breaking into her home has been jailed for a year.

Judge John Aylmer told Letterkenny Circuit Court in Co Donegal that victim Sarah McGavigan had suffered a "terrifying and traumatic" experience.

Ms McGavigan was asleep in bed when her ex Andrew Laird broke into her home in the village of Convoy in the early hours of June 16, 2019.

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