Man was 'extremely aggressive' towards wife to force her to sign loan form

He needed the mortgage papers co-signed as an €800,000 loan he wanted for a development site he had just bought at auction had to be secured on the family home

The judge granted Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank an order for possession of the family home but granted a stay of six months to allow Mrs Raymond, who is still living there, to arrange alternative accommodation. File photo

A man threatened his wife with violence to make her sign a loan form for a business deal, the High Court has heard.

George Raymond brought the mortgage papers to his wife Ruth in the kitchen of their Delgany, Co. Wicklow, home in June 2006. He needed them co-signed as the €800,000 loan he wanted for a development site he had just bought at auction had to be secured on the family home.