"I was afraid he could kill me": Judge jails man for 'appalling' abuse of wife

A wife whose face was beaten ‘black, blue and purple’ by her husband has told a court “I know now I have no ‘boss’ or no one beating me or torturing me for my money”.

"I was afraid he could kill me": Judge jails man for 'appalling' abuse of wife

A wife whose face was beaten ‘black, blue and purple’ by her husband has told a court “I know now I have no ‘boss’ or no one beating me or torturing me for my money”.

At Ennis District Court, the Gort woman outlined the history of domestic violence suffered at the hands of her 39 year old husband before Judge Patrick Durcan jailed the man for nine months for the assault causing harm of his wife on March 4th last year at Ballylennan, Gort in south Galway.

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