Portglenone electrician breached non-molestation order by contacting grandmother to pass message to ex-partner, court hears
A Portglenone electrician who breached a non-molestation order when he contacted the grandmother of his former partner on multiple occasions telling her to pass a message to her, has been given a conditional discharge for two years.
Sean Sheridan Gribben, aged 35, from Bann Court, admitted the charge when he appeared at Magherafelt Magistrates Court.
District Judge Conor Heaney also put in place a restraining order for two years.
Prosecuting counsel said when arrested Gribben said he did not mean to breach the order and it was related to seeing his child.
A defence lawyer said the defendant, who has no criminal record, had acted in the way he had due to difficulty with his ex partner in getting access to see his child.
He said the defendant had not realised he breached the order by contacting the grandmother as he did not fully appreciate the terms of the order.