Cork man who attacked sleeping wife with boiling water and hammer jailed for eight years

Defendant told court: 'I had a domestic with my wife. That is all I had'

64-year-old Noel Twomey, of 18 Carbery Grove, Knocknaheeny, Cork, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault causing serious harm to his wife, Jackie Twomey, and production of a claw hammer on January 14, 2024.

A 59-year-old woman had boiling water poured over her head and was struck over the head with a claw-hammer by her husband — and on Monday he was jailed for eight years.

64-year-old Noel Twomey, of 18 Carbery Grove, Knocknaheeny, Cork, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault causing serious harm to his wife, Jackie Twomey, and production of a claw hammer on January 14, 2024.