Bailey denies being a violent man

Ian Bailey denied that he was a violent man in the libel trial against seven newspapers in Cork Circuit Court today.

However, in strenuous cross-examination, the defence team in the libel action taken by the English journalist said he had assaulted his partner so viciously that her eye was swollen to the size of a grapefruit, clumps of hair were pulled from her head and her lip was severed from her gum.