Cork accused denies ever striking his wife

A detective interviewing a man charged with a serious assault on his wife accused him of beating her within an inch of her life, but he denied this and said he never hit her.

These exchanges were contained in a memo of interview Detective Garda Thomas O’Sullivan had with Anthony Kelleher, which was read to the jury at his trial yesterday.

Mr Kelleher, aged 42, denies a charge of assaulting his wife Siobhán Kelleher causing her serious harm at the family home in Curraheen, Raleigh North, Macroom, Co Cork, on June 12, 2014.