Ramsey man accused of harrassment

Twenty-one-year-old allegedly targeted ex-girlfriend's new partner

A Ramsey man is facing a trial over allegations he harassed his ex-girlfriend’s new partner.

Twenty-one-year-old Ciaran Kaighin of Glen Elfin Road appeared before magistrates at Douglas courthouse.

He’s admitted affray and criminal damage in Douglas on 10 October but pleaded not guilty to one count of harassment.

Prosecution advocate Rachael Braidwood said his former girlfriend spotted him hanging around outside a nursery in Douglas as she dropped off her child – she told her boyfriend to keep driving and saw Kaighin following their car on a skateboard.

Kaighin later approached the man on Regent Street and asked to speak to him, grappling with him outside Boots on Strand Street when the man refused to talk to him.

The hearing was told Kaighin unsuccessfully tried to punch and headbutt the man, but fled when police were called.

CCTV captured him smashing the man’s car windows with his skateboard at the Bottleneck Car Park.

Magistrates granted Kaighin bail, and he’ll next appear in court for a pre-trial review on 19 December.