Court hears man 'constantly strangled and slapped' then-girlfriend for 90 minutes

The prosecution told the jury this was effectively the first criminal trial in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court since March of this year. File picture

A man has gone on trial accused of slapping and strangling his then-girlfriend for “at least an hour-and-a-half” and imprisoning her in his bedroom.

Lloyd Saunders (aged 32) with an address at Seven Oaks, Swords Road, Dublin 9, has pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm, false imprisonment and making a threat to kill or cause serious harm at Rathvilly Park, Finglas, on December 17, 2016.