Man 'tried to fake partner's suicide' after beating

A Polish man allegedly tried to hang his partner to make it look like a suicide as well as severely beating her and throwing a knife at her head the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Mr Lech Szymczk (aged 49) of North Great Charles Street, Dublin 1 is accused of trying to strangle Ms Danuta Pisarska with the belt of her dressing gown after drinking 15 cans of beer and beating her for an hour.