‘I’m going to finish this tonight’, wife told

A man accused of raping his wife allegedly told her “I’m going to finish this tonight,” before hitting her over the head with a hammer the next day.

The jury has already heard accusations that the 42-year-old raped his wife after refusing to accept their marriage was over. He allegedly told her “I can rape you if I want”, and threatened to cut her face open with a knife.

Yesterday the woman told the jury at the Central Criminal Court that the accused would frequently ring her and claim to know where she was.