The court heard the brother was born in 1947, and it was 1.30 am when he awoke to find Byrne standing over him with a scarf on his face and holding bolt cutters

Paul Hill, of Silverwood, Donegal Road, Ballybofey, faces a total of five charges arising out of incidents at a house in Letterkenny on various dates.

The woman said she didn’t want him arrested as he was the father of her children, but she was in shock when she saw the Molotov cocktail.

Giving evidence Garda Carmel Nash said that the accused’s wife made a complaint to Macroom Garda Station on July 2nd 2022.