Jail for man who threw TV, coffee at partner he ‘loves to bits’

A man threw a television at his partner, slapped her across the legs with a hockey stick, threw a cup of coffee at her and allegedly threatened to knock her down in his car, but said yesterday he was always trying to look after her and added: “I love her to bits”.

At an in camera hearing of Cork District Court that went on throughout yesterday afternoon, the defendant denied multiple counts against him of breaching a barring order by putting the young woman in fear.