'IF she creates an issue like this again, she will go to prison,' Judge Joanne Carroll stated when she imposed a three-month suspended sentence on a 22-year-old woman who was guilty of a public order offence.

The accused, Natalia Siwek of No 1, Convent Way, Clonakilty, was legally represented at Skibbereen District Court by Colette McCarthy, solicitor, on a charge of engaging in threatening or abusive words or behaviour at Molaga Street, Clonakilty in the early hours of November 14th 2024.

The court presenter in Skibbereen, Sgt Tom Mulcahy, informed Judge Joanne Carroll that the accused has just one previous conviction for simple possession of cannabis.

In mitigation, Ms McCarthy said her client had been in a difficult relationship with a man who was very much older than herself.

Referring to evidence that had been given at a different court sitting, Judge Carroll said the accused had been 'roaring and shouting and threatening.

'She created a disturbance just because she was upset,' the judge said in reference to the fact that the accused called unannounced to the home of two other people at 1am in the morning.

'This was an unruly outburst,' said the judge who imposed a three-month sentence but suspended it on the condition that the accused stays out of trouble for the next 18 months.

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