Main pic: Mark McAnaw. Pic courtesy Sunday World.
A Donegal man accused of harassing female journalists sent them explicit ‘sexual fantasy’ messages before threatening to shoot them and turning up at their office, it is alleged.
Mark McAnaw (51), with an address at St Eunan’s Court, Letterkenny, initially asked them out on dates by email and social media before the unwanted messages became more sexualised and violent, the women told a court.
He allegedly told one journalist in a message he would “pump her full of bullets” and another that he would “take pleasure in killing her.”
Judge Brendan O’Reilly refused him bail and remanded him in custody for a week for the directions of the DPP.
McAnaw is charged with harassment of three alleged victims – Nicola Tallant and Deirdre Reynolds of the Sunday World and another journalist.
Objecting to bail, Detective Sergeant John Brady told Dublin District Court it was alleged McAnaw sent emails to the first two women and the third was contacted by Facebook messages.
Defence solicitor said the accused would undertake to have no contact with the women if bailed and would live 300km away in Donegal, he said.
Judge O’Reilly refused bail and ordered that the accused undergo a psychiatric assessment.
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