Person: Siobhán Kelleher

Doctors disagree on cause of injuries

A Cork University Hospital medical professor disagreed with a surgeon at the same hospital saying yesterday that all of the injuries suffered by a woman were consistent with a fall down a stairs in a case where her husband is on trial charged with assault causing serious harm to her.

Wed, 24 Feb, 2016

Cork accused denies ever striking his wife

A detective interviewing a man charged with a serious assault on his wife accused him of beating her within an inch of her life, but he denied this and said he never hit her.

Tue, 23 Feb, 2016

Corkman accused of assaulting his wife told gardaí she fell down stairs

A forensic scientist who examined a clump of hair concluded that it had been pulled from a woman’s head, the jury heard yesterday in the trial of a man who denies assault causing serious harm to his wife at the family home.

Sun, 21 Feb, 2016

Husband denies assault on his wife

A 35-year-old Cork woman with extensive injuries, including multiple fractures, told gardaí her husband pulled her from bed by the hair and threw her down the stairs.

Fri, 19 Feb, 2016

Trial jury hears assault left wife with brain injury

The jury in a serious assault trial has been told a woman suffered a stroke, brain injury, and various broken bones after being assaulted by her husband in the family home.

Thu, 18 Feb, 2016