Man who threatened to 'rape and kill' partner at Galway home 'beat her with metal pipe'
The Garda told the court that the accused threatened the woman she ‘would be raped daily’ and would never be free to walk the streets
A man who threatened to rape and kill his former partner and subjected her to repeated violent assaults at their Galway home has been remanded in custody.
At Galway Circuit Court, Judge Brian O'Callaghan remanded the man in custody after the State objected to bail.
A bench warrant was issued for the man the previous Tuesday after he failed to attend his sentence hearing.
The man has pleaded guilty to four offences against the woman committed between April and July 2022 at a location in East Galway.
The man, who is in his forties, has admitted two charges of assault causing harm contrary to Section 3 of the Non Fatal Offences Against The Person Act.
He also admitted one count of threat to kill or cause serious harm to the same victim and an offence of coercive control, contrary to section 39 of the Domestic Violence Act.
Opposing bail, a local Garda told the court the man threatened to kill his former partner on a number of occasions and repeatedly assaulted her.
On one occasion, the court heard, the man used a metal pipe to beat the woman and punched her a number of times. The woman was later subjected to another assault during which she suffered a hairline fracture to her jaw and bruises all over her body.
The Garda told the court that the accused threatened the woman she "would be raped daily" and would never be free to walk the streets.
Following a night out, the court heard, the man punched the woman in the face after he opened the door to her. She escaped the ordeal by climbing through a downstairs window, the court heard.
Barrister Michael Clancy told the court his client was not in a position to consent to the remand in custody but understood there was a likely outcome to the bail hearing. The Garda agreed with Mr Clancy that the man, who lives in the South east of the country, met him today by appointment in Galway.
Judge Brian O'Callaghan noted bench warrants had previously issued for the man after he twice failed to show up for his trial dates and then a sentence hearing after pleading guilty.
He said he had no hesitation in remanding the accused in custody to October 6.
A psychologist’s report is awaited and Judge O’Callaghan said he would order an updated probation report if the man re-engaged with the service.
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