Husband given 8 years for assault wins appeal

A Cork man given eight years for seriously assaulting his wife, who refused to give evidence against him at trial, is set to be released from prison following a successful appeal.

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 in Macroom on June 12, 2014.

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