Man accidentally knocked down wife while drunk

A MAN who accidentally knocked his wife down with his car while drunk is already serving a “sentence”, a court has heard.

David O’Connor, aged 49, of Castle Avenue, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork, was reversing his car after leaving the Castle Tavern pub in Carrigtwohill on January 9, 2011.

O’Connor appeared to knock his wife over and was unaware where she was until he saw her lying on the ground, Midleton District Court heard.