Woman tells of fear as husband released on bail

The judge said he would grant bail on very strict conditions, including that he would have no direct or indirect contact with his wife, that he would stay away from the area where she lives, abstain from all intoxicants and sign on daily at his local garda station.

A young woman who was put in fear by her husband arriving at her home at the weekend said she did not know what he would do if he was released on bail.

Sergeant John Kelleher asked the complainant at an in camera hearing of Cork District Court what she thought her husband was likely to do if granted bail on the charge of putting her in fear, thereby breaching a protection order.