The 40 year old sent text messages to his former girlfriend Patricia Dardis.
He phoned her, emailed her, sent faxes to her office, hand-written notes to her home, turned up at her place of work and home, and at one point tried to contact the CEO of the firm where she worked.
David Nevin had pleaded guilty to harassment of Ms Dardis from August 2012 to February 2013 at locations in Dublin.
Judge Martin Nolan had remanded Nevin in custody in early May to “think about his position” and yesterday sentenced him to three and a half years but suspended it in full.
Defence Counsel Gerry Charlton, said that unsurprisingly, his client had not liked his period of almost six weeks in jail and had asked him to reiterate his apology to Ms Dardis in court.
Judge Nolan said that Ms Dardis had suffered significant emotional trauma because of Nevin's behaviour – he ordered Mr Nevin to be of good behaviour for three and a half years, and in no way to contact or attempt to contact, or be in the presence of, Ms Dardis.
