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How do I get a protective order???

  • 17-02-2010 8:54am
    #1
    mkhall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭


    For nearly a year a guy who I dated in the past has been bothering me. He sends me threatening emails, has attempted to defame my character by spreading lies and rumours, contacted my friends in my home country, gotten me fired from a job, showed up at my workplace, and now sends abusive emails where he sometimes comments on what I wore that day. Ive tried to let it die down but it hasn't. Ive changed my number twice and can't afford to lose contacts by changing my email yet again. How would I go about getting a protective order against him so all of this will stop? How much does it cost..eg, do I need a solicitor? Is it worth my time? Thanks!!! Any help is more than appreciated!!!


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  • #2
    PCPhoto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    go straight to a solicitor ...they will be able to help (or at least will explain what to do next)

    I assume you have kept note of the messages (ie. emails, texts, calls)


  • #3
    Reloc8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Reloc8


    You should certainly document the incidents you complain of as advised above. I would go to the gardai as opposed to a solicitor.

    Section 10 Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 says :

    10.—(1) Any person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, by any means including by use of the telephone, harasses another by persistently following, watching, pestering, besetting or communicating with him or her, shall be guilty of an offence.
    (2) For the purposes of this section a person harasses another where—
    ( a ) he or she, by his or her acts intentionally or recklessly, seriously interferes with the other's peace and privacy or causes alarm, distress or harm to the other, and
    ( b ) his or her acts are such that a reasonable person would realise that the acts would seriously interfere with the other's peace and privacy or cause alarm, distress or harm to the other.

    Its a reasonably serious offence punishable by fine, prison of up to 12 months, or a maximum of 7 years if tried in a court higher than the District Court.

    Under S. 10(3) the Court can make an order that the person in question cannon approach within a specified distance of the other person's residence or work place and may not communicate with them by any means.

    Go to your local garda station, bringing your emails and texts etc. They will take it as seriously as you take it yourself. Frequently a visit from the gardai stops this kind of behaviour. If it doesn't a prosecution on conviction will have the same result as any step you could take with a solicitor. Also you don't have to pay anything to go to the gardai.


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