James Demanuele, 34 Tarxien was today jailed for five months, fined €1,000 and lost a personal guarantee of €5,824 after a Magistrates’ Court found him guilty of breaching bail conditions.

The court heard that the man, previously convicted of having stabbed his former girl friend, had again harassed her and threatened to kill her through phone calls and SMS messages, He had also terrorised their severely autistic daughter.

The former girlfriend testified that he had once asked their daugher whether she had kissed her mum, telling her she would soon not see her any more.

A social worker said that the accused, in her presence, had threatened to again stab his former girl friend.

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