Kildare court: Man accused of giving his partner drug-laced sweets without her knowledge

A sitting Naas District Court judge was told by a woman on Thursday, December 1, that her partner had allegedly been secretly drugging her.

The woman told Judge Joanne Carroll that she was seeking a protection order against her ex-partner, whom she claimed had put antibiotics in sweets he had given her without her knowledge.

The woman said that she believes that he is controlling.

She added that she is afraid of him.

Judge Carroll granted the order for the woman, and stressed that the man can only contact the woman in relation to their child via email.

She also directed gardaí to serve the order against her ex-partner.