Heartbroken man smashed 2 TVs, microwave, bathtub, shower doors, chest of drawers, mirrors, two dining room chairs and cut wire of hair straighteners after seeing texts girlfriend sent to other man

Man who smashed up his house after seeing 'very graphic' texts his girlfriend sent to another man avoids jail

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

By Aaron Rogan

A Kildare man has avoided jail for going “on a rampage” and smashing up his house after seeing ‘very graphic’ text messages his girlfriend was sending to another man.

Stephen Kiely (45), of Thomastown, Enfield, Kildare pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to criminal damage at the house he shared with his girlfriend in Oldbridge Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin on June 9 2013

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