Man in court for threatening ex-partner
The man pleaded guilty at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court.
A man kicked in his ex-partner’s door and threatened to burn her house down.
Sebastian Chatlis, aged 42, of Northbrook, Castlebar pleaded guilty at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court to a breach of the peace and two counts of criminal damage. The three offences occurred within a two-week period in October 2022.
On October 6, 2022, it was reported that Chatlis was threatening his former partner with a knife. When Gardaí arrived at the scene at Northbrook, the front door was open and Chatlis was shouting in the hall. He told officers to ‘F*** off’. The accused was holding a leather belt and there was a dinner knife on the floor. He resisted arrest and had to be pepper-sprayed and struck with a baton on the leg before being restrained and handcuffed.
On October 18, 2022, Gardaí received a report that Chatlis had breached a protection order. The defendant was intoxicated and banging on the door of his former partner. She was not home at the time and he broke a flower pot and the doorbell. He fled the scene before Gardai arrived but was later arrested.
On October 21, 2022, Gardaí were called to a disturbance at Northbrook at 4.21am. Chatlis was drunk and banging on the front door. He then kicked in the back door and grabbed his ex-partner by the throat. She managed to get him out the back door again and he produced some papers and a lighter and threatened to burn the house down. The accused was arrested at 5.45am.
The court heard his ex-partner made a statement to Gardaí but later withdrew it. Relations between the pair are now cordial but they are not currently living together. Chatlis has 12 previous convictions.
Judge Eoin Garavan said he wanted proof that the accused is alcohol and drug-free. He adjourned the case until February 2025 for a probation report and hair follicle testing to be carried out.
