Hassan witness out of country, court hears

A man who failed to appear as a witness at the trial in April of his brother-in-law for allegedly threatening to kill his wife has now left Ireland, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court was told.

Mr Ahmad Elsayed, the husband of Ms Rawaa Hassan, had been summonsed to give evidence in the trial of her brother, Hassan Hassan, who was charged with making the death threat to her and Judge Frank O'Donnell ordered an investigation into the explanation he later gave for his absence.