Elderly man deprived his son of food and access to water, Kildare court claim
The man told the court he is afraid of his father and “has been so for many years.”
A elderly man deprived his son of food and water.
This was the allegation made by the son at Naas District Court.
The man’s father was neither present or represented for the family law hearing.
The court was told that the pair live in a big house with numerous bedrooms.
The man told the court he is afraid of his father and “has been so for many years.”
He told Judge Desmond Zaidan he is trying to maintain a substantive relationship with his father but he finds it “very difficult” to ask for what he needs when he calls his dad.
He said he had been threatened with homelessness by his father.
He added: “If he wins his case he will have me out on the road.”
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The man said if he had access to two rooms including his childhood bedroom he would be happy.
Jackie McManus, the man’s solicitor, said the issue is between the man's partner and the older man.
Ms McManus said the father “has a huge issue with her.”
Ms Manus referred to the possibility of the women and the father being charged with assaulting each other.
Ms McManus said the son has no individual access and no keys to the property
The court also heard a claim that the man has been deprived of access to food and water and he has had to use derelict sheds which are exposed and open.
It was also claimed that the man had been admitted to hospital with pneumonia, though Judge Zaidan said there was nothing in court to substantiate this.
Judge Zaidan said he accepted there are issues between father and son but he did not think the case warranted the granting of an interim protection order.
He nevertheless said he would grant the order, adding he would talk to both of them in court within two weeks.
The judge commented that while he hoped the father had a long and healthy life, he told the son that it looked like he would inherit the house to which the son replied “I probably will."