Man who threatened his wife with a knife in their home avoids a jail term
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A father-of-two who threatened his partner with a knife in their home and was apprehended by an off-duty garda has received a fully suspended sentence.
Franck Lamour (53) was diagnosed with bi-polar depression approximately 15 years ago and was unable to access the medication he had been taking during the Covid-19 lockdown last April.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that this was an isolated incident which stemmed from Lamour s mental disorder and the restrictions on his life caused by the global pandemic.
Lamour of Bird Avenue, Clonskeagh, pleaded guilty to production of a knife and threat to kill or cause serious harm at his address on April 7, 2020. He has no previous convictions.
Bipolar sufferer in lockdown knife attack on partner apprehended by off-duty garda
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A French father-of-two who threatened his partner with a knife in their home was apprehended by an off-duty garda who happened to be passing, a court has heard.
Franck Lamour (53) was diagnosed with bipolar depression approximately 15 years ago and was unable to access the medication he had been taking during the Covid-19 lockdown last April.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that this was an isolated incident which stemmed from Lamour s mental disorder and the restrictions on his life caused by the global pandemic.
Lamour of Bird Avenue, Clonskeagh, pleaded guilty to production of a knife and threat to kill or cause serious harm at his address on April 7, 2020. He has no previous convictions.