Man hurled abuse at ex-wife on court steps

A woman who had been married for 37 years spoke yesterday of her terror when her ex-husband ran after her shouting abuse on the steps of Cork Circuit Court.

The disputed incident was the subject matter of a case at Cork District Court yesterday where James Meade, aged 59, of Sunfield House, Fountainstown, Co Cork, was prosecuted on a charge of breaching a safety order by putting Catherine Meade in fear on May 23, 2012, following a court case.

“He ran after me in a fierce temper and rage and he called me the C-word. I was actually terrified. I have a five-year safety order from that man. You would think a person could not come running after you shouting and roaring all because he did not like what was said in court,” Ms Meade testified.