Wife was assaulted before disappearance, court hears

A woman whose husband is on trial for her murder, claimed she had been assaulted less than two weeks before she disappeared, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

Bus driver, John O’Brien (aged 41) with an address in Ballinakill Downs, Co Waterford, denies murdering 35-year-old Meg Walsh on a date between October 1, 2006, and October 15, 2006.