Laois man sent threatening emails to kill and cause injury
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A man who sent emails threatening to kill or to cause serious injury to another person appeared before last week’s sitting of Portlaoise District Court.
Kyle Kilduff (28), 7B New Road, Portlaoise pleaded guilty to threatening to kill or to cause serious injury and to the distribution or publication of grossly offensive/threatening material at Rathmiles, Portarlington on 27 August last year.
Mr Kilduff also pleaded guilty to assault on 13 October last year at Dunnes Stores, Kyle Centre, Portlaoise.
Garda James Collins told the court that on 27 August, Mr Kilduff sent 16 emails to a shared email account that threatened to kill or to cause serious injury to the recipient. He said the partner of the party for whom the emails were intended opened them and reported the issue to gardaí.
He said the defendant had two previous convictions.
Asked by Judge Susan Fay to give an example of what type of messages were contained in the emails, Garda Collins said one read: “You’ll be executed if you don’t bow to the king of loyalty. Beg for forgiveness or you will die.” Defending solicitor Barry Fitzgerald said the emails had been sent to a business address that both the man and his partner had access to. He said he knew the people and that there was a bit of background to the issue.
Mr Kilduff interrupted to tell Judge Fay: “They made illegal tactics against me.” Before finalising the case, Judge Fay said she wanted a victim impact report, a community service assessment, a probation report and a report from the Restorative Justice Programme.
She remanded Mr Kilduff on his own bail to the 14 September sitting of the court.
