Man threatened to chop up sister

A MAN who threatened to “chop up” his sister and any member of her family that “gets in my way” because of a dispute over the sale of their family home has been sentenced to four years.
Darran O’Brien (35) rang his niece looking for her mother Patricia Dunne and threatened to “chop her [Patricia’s] hand off so she won’t be able to drink another pint”. He said he was coming to the woman’s home for “her blood” and if anyone got in his way he would “chop them all up”.
O’Brien said he didn’t care if the woman’s grandchildren were there and that he didn’t know when he was coming over, but he would “surprise them”.
He then texted Patricia Dunne and said “Me fighting with my wife and kids over you. I am out for your blood, you f***er . . . I’ll do poxy jail for you . . . you be prepared.”
O’Brien later arrived at Ms Dunne’s home with an axe, but was stopped going into the house by another daughter.

For more on this story see page 21 of this week’s Echo.