Jury fails to agree verdict over boiling water assault claim

A pregnant woman watching Eastenders had a kettle of boiling water and sugar poured over her leg by her boyfriend, she told a jury, but he said it was a small amount of water that accidentally fell and blamed a slope in the room.

A jury deliberated for over four and a half hours and could not agree a verdict.

Judge Gerard O’Brien thanked the jurors and directed the jury foreman to record a disagreement on the single charge of assault at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.