‘He threw the kettle over my left leg’

A pregnant woman had a kettle of boiling water and sugar poured over her leg by her boyfriend, who also threatened that he would kill her and bury her in the woods if she cheated on him, she claimed yesterday.

A jury of six men and six women deliberated for more than two hours until 5.30pm yesterday and were told by Judge Gerard O’Brien to return to take up their deliberations again on Tuesday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

Michael Lynch, aged 24, denies threatening to kill Tara Byrd and assault causing harm to her on July 21, 2015, at 184 Old Youghal Rd, Cork, where they were living together at the time.