Man to appeal 8-year term for serious assault on wife

A man given eight years for seriously assaulting his wife, who refused to give evidence against him at trial, is to appeal his conviction in July.

Anthony Kelleher, aged 42, with a last address at Raleigh North, Macroom, Co Cork, had pleaded not guilty to assault causing serious harm to his wife Siobhán at their home on June 12, 2014.

He was unanimously found guilty by a jury at Cork Circuit Criminal Court and jailed for eight years by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin in May.