Retrial for man who appealed assault on wife

A Cork man given eight years jail for seriously assaulting his wife, who refused to give evidence against him in court, faces a retrial following a successful appeal.

Anthony Kelleher, 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 at Cork Circuit Criminal Court and jailed in May.