Forsey’s mother-in-law in stab threat

A former Fine Gael town councillor has told a corruption trial that the mother of his estranged wife told him she would “stab him to death” if he did not repay €10,000 he had borrowed from her daughter.

Fred Forsey Jr, aged 43, of Coolagh Rd, Dungarvan, Co Waterford, was speaking at a trial at which he denies receiving a total of €80,000 in corrupt payments from a property developer.

Mr Forsey told Waterford Circuit Court the € payments were a loan and denied they were in return for supporting the rezoning of a piece of land outside Dungarvan for industrial and residential use.