Homeless man forced wife into wooded area and sexually assaulted her

Court told accused threatened to cut woman 'into pieces and throw her in the ocean'

A homeless man forced his wife to go to a wooded area with him before sexually assaulting her, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The 42-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the anonymity of his 53-year-old victim, was found guilty by a jury of two counts of sexually assaulting his wife and one count of assault causing her harm in Galway city on October 13, 2017.