A man accused of terrorising the family of his ex-girlfriend was yesterday sentenced to five years in prison for a murder threat.Kishauni Wolffe, 24, of Dundonald Street had pleaded guilty in Supreme Court of sending a text message to Donald Foley in which he threatened to kill his daughter, Danielle Foley.The message, sent on June 28, read: “To let you know your daughter is going to be dead this afternoon and that’s no joke.”Wolffe admitted to Police that he had sent the message, but said he had no intention of carrying out the threat.In Supreme Court yesterday, Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney said that after the relationship between Ms Foley and Wolffe deteriorated, he continued to harass her, making repeated phone calls and sending text messages to her and her family.In one incident on April 26, Wolffe approached her at MarketPlace in Hamilton and, during a confrontation in the store’s parking lot, Wolffe produced a knife and held it to her throat.He was later arrested for that incident and, in December, he was found guilty in Magistrates’ Court of assault and possessing a bladed article, for which he is now serving 18 months’ imprisonment.Mr Mahoney said that according to a psychological assessment, Wolffe had a high risk of reoffending and violence.In a victim impact statement, Mr Foley wrote: “My family lived in fear because we did not know if he was involved with the gang culture or if he would carry out the threats.“My family and I took the threats seriously because he attacked my daughter before. When my daughter went to work or anywhere else, we would panic.”Lawyer Kenville Savoury, representing Wolffe, said that his client was trying desperately to restart the relationship between him and Ms Foley.“The relationship broke off only recently,” Mr Savoury said. “He was trying his best, as wrong as it was, to rekindle this relationship.”Mr Savoury also said Ms Foley had visited Wolffe while he was remanded, making him believe that there was a chance of reconciliation.“He was merely in a relationship that had gone south and was dealing with it in the wrong way. It’s mere speculation to say that this could have lead to murder.”Wolffe, wearing orange prison garb, declined the opportunity to address the court.Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves said Wolffe terrorised the complainant and his family because he was unable to accept that the relationship had ended.“The defendant’s harassment of the complainant’s daughter, and by extension her family, was in my opinion relentless and unstoppable.“It was arrogant, frightening and real. I think he constitutes a real danger to this young lady, a continuing danger not only to her, but perhaps to other ladies as well.“This court cannot and must not take this threat lightly. It cannot and must not lightly ignore his relentless action. It cannot and must not take the risk and hope that it will all go away and that nothing more serious will occur.”While he said he would take into account the defendant’s guilty plea, but added: “It cannot be ignored how serious the behavior of the defendant has been in this case.”Mr Justice Greaves sentenced Wolffe to five years imprisonment, with time already served for this offense taken into account.“It’s hoped that you will learn to let go. You cannot buy love. It’s even worse for you to try to bully it. That is impossible.”