An 18-year-old from Dublin has been handed a two-year probation supervision order for sustained online harassment of a BBC journalist.
Aileen Moynagh, who works for BBC News NI, was subjected to abusive and threatening messages for months
During the hearing, Judge Paul Kelly remarked that there were "stark" contents in a pre-sentence Probation Service report that the youth posed a risk to the community.The court heard the teen stalked the BBC reporter online after developing an "obsessive crush". Despite being warned by gardaí not to contact Ms Moynagh, he travelled to Belfast and was a few hundred yards from her workplace.The offences happened between October 2020 and February 2021.
The court heard that the youth has now agreed to take a specific medication recommended which the judge said was progress.
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