Ex-partner held over breach of order

A woman claimed a former partner tried to strangle her at the weekend but the accused yesterday claimed the only reason he went to her home was because she had threatened to kill herself.

Jonathan Murphy, aged 27, of no fixed address, was applying to be released on bail at Cork District Court after being charged with two breaches of a barring order previously sought by Michelle O’Driscoll.

Ms O’Driscoll testified yesterday that Murphy breached the order by putting her in fear in her home at Westbury Estate in Wilton, Cork, on Friday night.