A man kicked his former partner in the face during an attack and told her that “tonight was her execution”, a court has heard. Garda Keith O’Brien told Ronan Prendergast BL, prosecuting, that on the date in question a confrontation began between O’Donoghue and his former partner in his house. O’Donoghue raised his right foot and kicked her in the face with full force. Garda O’Brien said O’Donoghue told her he had been planning the attack and that she was going to die. The woman left the house while he was asleep and contacted gardaí­.

Source: The Irish Times April 05, 2019 13:30 UTC