Ex-wife was afraid of husband, court hears

The former wife of an Irish Muslim charged with threatening to kill a US lawyer said she was “afraid of him” when they separated.

Mary Cronin, from Cork, told Waterford Circuit Court that Ali Charaf Damache “had changed” by the end of their marriage.

The court has heard that Michigan-based lawyer Majed Moughni received an alleged death threat over the phone the day after he held a rally in Detroit against Islamic terrorism on Jan 8, 2010. Mr Damache, aged 45, who has an Irish passport, is charged with making a threat to kill Mr Moughni, on Jan 9, 2010. He is also charged with making a menacing phone call to Mr Moughni from Waterford City on the date.