STALKER PUT TRACKER ON VICTIM’S CAR
Woman says ‘whole life has changed’ after ordeal
EXCLUSIVE THIS builder has been ordered to stay out of his town – after he subjected a woman to a nightmare stalking ordeal.
Raymond Dunne was convicted of harassing a woman after placing a tracking device on his victim’s car.
She said last night: “He tracked every single movement I made.”
Dunne, 54, was last week given a four month jail term, suspended for two years, after he was convicted of one count of harassing a woman in Tullow, Co Carlow in December 2022.
His victim told us Dunne, with an address at Wolseley Park in Tullow, placed a tracking device in her car in June 2022 and stalked her for months.
As well as the suspended sentence, Dunne was ordered to pay his victim €5,000 within 12 months, stay out of the town of Tullow for two years and not to have any contact with the woman he stalked.
She told us last night: “My whole life has changed since this. I have cameras around the house. I am afraid of him. He is a large man, but he is also a domineering man.”
The woman told us she became suspicious in the middle of 2022 that Dunne was following her, she added: “I would be in the supermarket and a few minutes later he would just appear. I knew something was up. I knew he was tracking my movements, but I did not know how.”
The woman said she could not prove he was following her and tried to move on with her life, until she left her car in to get serviced in December 2022.
She said: “They lifted the cover off the battery and found the tracking device.”
INVESTIGATION
She immediately contacted gardai who began an investigation and who were able to link the tracker to Dunne, who has no previous convictions.
She said investigators established that Dunne had spent €16.99 a month for half a year on a subscription package for the tracker that allowed him to know exactly where his victim’s car was at all times.
The woman said: “He tracked every single movement I made from the moment I turned on the ignition until I turned the engine off.”
Just last week, Dunne appeared in Carlow District Court where he was convicted of harassing the woman on December 17, 2022. His victim was in court to see Dunne sentenced. She told us: “I was so relieved. “The judge listened to what I had to say. “I knew he was never going to jail, but I am happy he has a criminal record. I feel heard and vindicated.”
And his victim said she believed plenty of women around Ireland were suffering the same stalking hell from other men – and she urged them to come forward.
She added: “I never thought it would happen to me. Even if my case shows just one other woman who is going through the same thing that it is not their fault, I will be happy. There is help, be brave. Go to the gardai.”
In the woman’s victim impact statement, which we have obtained, she wrote of how she had been traumatised by Dunne. She penned: “I find myself always looking over my shoulder even while standing talking to a friend or neighbour.
Dunne told the Irish Mirror that he was appealing the case. When asked if he wanted to make any comment, he replied: “I will have to talk to my solicitor first. It has been sorted in the court, it is going to an appeal.”
I find myself always looking over my shoulder even while talking to friends VICTIM TELLS OF HER ORDEAL IN VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT