A woman was caught by the neck, turned upside down and spear-tackled head first into the ground by her husband outside a nightclub. Yesterday, he was remanded in custody for sentencing.

A man accused of a serious assault on his wife by allegedly turning her upside down and spear-tackling her — head first — into the ground wants his bail changed so that his wife can live with him.

A woman was caught by the neck, turned upside down and spear-tackled head first into the ground by her husband outside a nightclub in Cork this week, it was claimed by a detective garda yesterday.