Husband accused of stabbing wife remanded in custody

A Cork woman sustained potentially life-threatening stab injuries for which she was hospitalised for three weeks, it was alleged yesterday, as her husband was remanded in custody on an assault charge.

Brian O’Regan, aged 43, of flat 1, 2 St Joseph’s Villas, Blackrock Rd, Cork, was arrested by Detective Garda Seán Stack yesterday and charged with assault causing harm to Marguerite Wiseman on December 2 at their flat.