Man convicted of two threats to harm his wife

A man has been convicted of threatening to cause his wife serious harm on two occasions as their marriage was breaking down.

A jury is still considering allegations against the 42-year-old man of rape, assault causing harm, and threats to kill or cause harm. He has pleaded not guilty. The jury resumes deliberating today.

The Central Criminal Court jury convicted the man of threatening to cut his wife’s face open with a cleaver in their kitchen on May 25, 2014. He denied making the threat and claimed he only had a butter knife in his hand as he was making their son a sandwich.