Corkman insists in court his wife 'needs to go away for quite a bit' to address alcohol problem

The husband told the court: “I want to protect my children and give them some stability. I’m not the one who is falling around drunk.”

The case was only before the court for the removal of one of the bail conditions against the woman. File photo: iStock

A man with a protection order against his wife gave evidence at an in camera court that he did not want her coming back to the family home as he said she needed to attend to her alcohol problem.

He claimed she had breached the protection order by striking him and that he did not want her coming back to the family home.