Estranged husband told wife he was going to use knife 'to kill' her, Cork court told

The court heard the man turned up at her workplace and slapped her once in the face before making the death threat

Detective Garda Peter Nolan gave this evidence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in the case against a 46-year-old man who pleaded guilty to a number of charges including making a death threat to his wife and assaulting her. File picture: Larry Cummins

A woman was terrified when her estranged husband turned up at her workplace, slapped her once in the face, showed her a knife and said she had a only a few weeks to live, adding: “I am going to use it to kill you.” 

Detective Garda Peter Nolan gave this evidence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in the case against a 46-year-old man who pleaded guilty to a number of charges including making a death threat to his wife and assaulting her.