City man on trial for imprisonment and threats to kill

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The trial will continue today of a 48-year-old city man charged with imprisoning his former partner and her young child and with threatening to kill the woman. Paul Cullinane, 34 Beal Srutha, Ballybane denies the false imprisonment of the woman and her then 10-year-old daughter at a house in Ballybane on December 27, 2012. He also denies threatening to kill the woman on December 27 last year and again on April 17 of this year. Cullinane further denies threatening to kill a Garda during the same alleged incident in April and with assaulting the woman in December. Opening the evidence to the jury yesterday , prosecuting barrister, Conor Fahy said a four-year relationship between Cullinane and the woman ended badly before Christmas 2012. The trial at Galway Circuit Criminal Court continues today and is expected to last three days.