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Jury convicts husband of threats to harm wife, continues to deliberate on rape charge

Summary

A 42‑year‑old man was found guilty by a jury of threatening to cut his wife's face open with a cleaver on 25 May 2014, a threat he denied, claiming he only held a butter knife while making a sandwich. The jury is still deliberating on allegations that he ordered her upstairs that night and raped her, as well as on charges of assault causing harm and four other threats to kill or cause serious harm between May and August 2014. The trial noted that the couple's marriage was under stress, with the man unhappy about the wife's career and time spent with their infant son. He had previously pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife with a hammer in August 2014 and pleaded not guilty to the rape, assault and threat charges.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jury convicts husband of threats to harm wife, continues to deliberate on rape charge. Charges or matters: assaulting his wife with a hammer in August 2014; rape, assault causing harm and four counts of threats to kill or cause serious harm between May and August, 2014. Procedural stage: trial

When:

• May 25th, 2014 Hearing Or Sentence
• May 25, 2014 Hearing Or Sentence
• June 9, 2014 Hearing Or Sentence
• August 2014 Incident
• 2016-06-29 Publication

Why: In relation to the outstanding assault causing harm charge, today the jury foreman asked the court if they had to be certain the accused assaulted his wife by head-butt in order to return a guilty verdict on that count. CNI source report

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Stage Trial Violent Crime

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