Revenge ‘not motive’ for wife of councillor

The wife of a former town councillor accused of receiving €80,000 in corrupt payments has denied in court that “revenge” was her motive for telling a TD and gardaí about her “suspicions” about her husband.

Jenny Forsey agreed in Waterford Circuit Court that she was “furious” when she discovered that her husband, Fred Forsey Jr, had “another partner” in late 2006 but said she was calm by the time she went to John Deasy TD in Apr 2007 to tell him what she knew about her husband’s “dealings” with a property developer.

Former Fine Gael councillor Mr Forsey, aged 42, of Coolagh Rd, Abbeyside, Dungarvan, Co Waterford, has pleaded not guilty to receiving €60,000, €10,000, and €10,000 in three corrupt payments from a developer in 2006.