Man was told his house in Antrim would be burned down and his 'daughter would be extra crispy'
A 29-year-old threatened to burn a house in Antrim town with a man and a child inside and told the man "his daughter would be extra crispy".
Details were given to Antrim Magistrates Court, siting in Ballymena, where James Nicholl, of Mallusk Gardens in Antrim town, was sentenced for making a threat to kill.
A prosecutor said that on December 29 last year a man said he received a text message from Nicholl saying he owed him £100 and that in voice messages the defendant said he was "going to burn the house down with the injured party and his daughter in it and that his daughter would be extra crispy".
A defence barrister said there had been a guilty plea.
District Judge Nigel Broderick said it had been a "quite chilling" threat but the use of "that terrible term that his daughter would be extra crispy, that shows a complete disregard for the feelings and emotions of the victim".
He said the custody threshold was crossed but the defendant had a limited record and he was going to allow him to remain at liberty "but only just".
The defendant was given a five months jail term, suspended for two years, and there is also two-year Restraining Order.