Judge accuses man of gaslighting his ex-partner over recording of four-year-old son

Defendant, who denied breaching a protection order and putting his partner in fear, said of his child: 'Unfortunately, he slapped me on the face' court heard

The judge said the defendant was doing an excellent job for the prosecution in making the case against himself. Picture: Larry Cummins

A 48-year-old man on trial for putting his ex-partner in fear put his phone video up to his four-year-old child’s face to record the boy being asked if wanted to be with his mother or father.

During the in-camera trial for breach of a protection order under the Domestic Violence Act, Judge Colm Roberts accused the defendant of gaslighting in relation to his ex-partner.