An alleged victim of a death threat has told a jury she was surprised to see gardaí arrive at her house after she had a "normal conversation" with her brother about photographs of his children. Rawaa Hassan said there was no need for the Garda and she had not called them.
She was giving evidence in the trial of Hassan Hassan (38), Rivervalley Close, Swords, who has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to making a threat to kill her or cause her serious harm at Roselawn Crescent, Castleknock, on August 9th, 2005.
Ms Hassan told Dominic McGinn, prosecuting, that her brother had come to her home to ask her about photographs.
Her teenage daughter thought something was wrong because they were speaking loudly but she told the court that she and her brother were speaking in Arabic and they always spoke loudly in their native language.
Ms Hassan said her daughter did not understand Arabic and misunderstood the situation.
She "couldn't especially remember the conversation", but when asked by Mr McGinn if it was happy or angry, she said: "There was nothing at all about it - it was just normal."
She could not remember how long her brother stayed because it was a long time ago. She said her brother took the pictures of his children and left the house.
When Mr McGinn asked Ms Hassan how she felt after her brother had left, she said she felt normal.
Earlier, Mr McGinn told the jury that it would be the prosecution's case that Mr Hassan called to his sister's home and an argument broke out between the two over photographs and video recordings of his children.
Mr Hassan allegedly forced his sister's husband and daughter out of the room and when left alone with his sister, threatened to kill her and burn down her house.
Mr McGinn said it "was a serious threat" that left the family in a state of "extreme fear" and they called the Garda.
The hearing continues in legal argument before Judge Frank O'Donnell and in the absence of the jury of 10 women and two men.