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Belfast man jailed for threatening to burn ex-partner alive over clothes row
Thomas Muckian, 34, received a three month sentence for threats to kill and other offences
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A Belfast man has been jailed for threatening to burn his ex-partner alive in a row over the return of clothes.
At least two rounds were allegedly discharged, and a spent, blank cartridge later recovered.
A PSNI officer claimed substantial damage was caused to the front door and windows on the house.
Four people were said to have been involved, with two of the suspects named.
Setting out an alleged motive for the incident, the officer contended that the perpetrators may have been looking for the woman s ex-partner. I think it s to do with seeking him rather than being personally about her, she said.
Brown was arrested four days later, but another suspect has yet to be detained.
Defence solicitor Michael Madden argued that the case against his client is based on tenuous CCTV evidence.
A Belfast man has been jailed for threatening to burn his ex-partner alive in a row over the return of clothes.
Prosecutors said the woman feared Thomas Muckian, 34, would try to set fire to a house while her family were inside.
Muckian, of Moyard Parade, received a three-month sentence for threats to kill and threats to damage property endangering life.
Belfast Magistrates Court heard the woman was confronted at a relative s home in the west of the city in December 2019. Her ex-partner, the defendant, arrived and started shouting in the front garden that she would need to return clothes to him, a Crown lawyer said.
NI news: Men who attacked woman s home may have been seeking her ex, court hears
Belfast Magistrates’ Court heard the resident claimed her home was attacked by weapons including a gun, hammer, crowbar and machete
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