Man accused of pouring boiling water over wife and attacking her with claw hammer to face new charge – The Irish Times

A person accused of pouring boiling aqua over his spouse and attacking her with a claw hammer is to stand an supplementary price with regards to the topic.

Noel Twomey of Carbery Grove, Knocknaheeny, Cork town is charged with two counts of attack inflicting hurt to his spouse, Jackie Twomey, at their house at the northside of Cork town.

Mr Twomey has been refused bail each at District and Prime Court docket stage. When he gave the impression earlier than Cork District Court docket in March the 63-year-old stated he couldn’t perceive why the case towards him have been not on time for a clinical record on his spouse’s condition to be ready.

“Her face is perfect, her body is perfect, she is normal, there is nothing all wrong with her – a normal woman.”

Pass judgement on Mary Dorgan defined to Mr Twomey {that a} clinical record needed to be ready in a significant case the place he confronted two fees of attack inflicting hurt.

His defence solicitor, Shane Collins Daly, stated on Wednesday there have been “progress” within the case.

Pass judgement on Dorgan used to be knowledgeable of a pristine price however deny additional main points got. Mr Twomey will seem earlier than the courtroom on Would possibly twenty seventh later in terms of the pristine price.

Mr Twomey used to be as of late remanded in custody till his later courtroom look. He had gave the impression via video-link from Cork Jail.

The courtroom in the past heard that Mr Twomey, of Carbery Grove, Knocknaheeny in Cork used to be arrested in Cork in January later he flagged ill a Garda patrol automobile. It used to be claimed that he used to be soaked in his spouse’s blood and sporting a bloodstained hammer in a plastic bag.

Garda Brian Murphy in the past instructed Pass judgement on Dorgan that Mr Twomey used to be arrested at 5am on January fifteenth at Bakers Street in Gurranabraher in Cork.

Det Garda Murphy in the past objected to the granting of bail within the case given the gravity of the alleged offence.

“This is very serious. She went to sleep in the safety of her own bed. Noel Twomey made the very conscious decision to boil a pot of water and retrieve a claw hammer from the tool box.”