Woman's ex-partner 'was going to rape or kill her' after tying her hands with cable ties, court told

The court was told that the woman recalls not struggling because she did not want to wake her child

Judge Gabbett remanded the man in custody to Ennis District Court to September 13.

A Co Clare woman was terrified that her ex-partner was going to kill or rape her at her home after he tied her hands with cable ties behind her back, a court has heard.

At Ennis District Court, the 48-year-old man appeared charged with the false imprisonment of his ex-partner at her remote home in west Clare late on Tuesday night contrary to Section 15 of Non Fatal Offences Against the Person Act.