'My son needs to hit rock bottom' woman tells Kildare court
‘He s doing drugs and he is abusive and threatening’
A woman told Naas District Court that her drug abusing son needs to “hit rock bottom.”
The woman sought court protection against the son.
“He is doing drugs and he is abusive and threatening,” alleged the woman of the son.
The woman also claimed that the son has medical conditions and “he has a troubled background."
The woman said the Covid-19 lockdown did not help him and he had lost a job.
“It’s been a downward spiral,” she told Judge Desmond Zaidan.
Shade said she had thrown him out of the home and he had been taken in by a relative and had later moved back in with her. He was not present or represented in court.
She said she had called the gardaí three days before the court hearing.
“I kicked him out," she said.
Judge Zaidan granted the woman an interim protection order.
Noting that the women had applied to have the son barred from the home, Judge Zaidan added that if he breaches the protection order “he’ll be brought before me.”
The woman replied that she feels he needs to hit rock bottom adding “I don’t want him in the house."
Judge Zaidan adjourned the case for a further hearing on December 14.