Husband denies assault on his wife

A 35-year-old Cork woman with extensive injuries, including multiple fractures, told gardaí her husband pulled her from bed by the hair and threw her down the stairs.

But the woman later stated she fell at a clothes line and apologised to her husband for making the claims.

Three statements, two of complaints and one withdrawing the complaints, were put in evidence to a jury yesterday in the trial of Macroom man Anthony Kelleher, aged 42.