Woman tells Cork rape and child cruelty trial her ex 'did not care who saw him being abusive'

The woman told the court that she left the man when “he attacked my son".

The accused man faces a total of 59 charges, including two counts of raping his then-partner, and one of sexually assaulting his partner’s son. File photo: Larry Cummins

A middle-aged man who denies charges of child cruelty was “getting a thrill out of annoying the children – once he had them upset he was happy out,” his ex-partner claimed at his trial.

Mr Justice Michael McGrath and a jury of five women and seven men at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork were told by the witness that her then-partner raped her and was cruel to her three children.