Cork mother weeps as she describes abuse inflicted on her by cocaine-addicted partner

A Garda Sergeant told the court: “She said he abused her in front of the children.”

Judge Kelleher adjourned the case for a month to give him an opportunity to come back to court and give evidence of his efforts to get treatment for his addiction. File picture: Larry Cummins 

A young mother wept at an in-camera sitting of Cork District Court as she described the pressure her cocaine-addicted partner put her under by abusing her in front of their children.

Her partner pleaded guilty to breaching a protection order by putting her in fear on an occasion in November 2021.