Husband threatened to throw family pet cat off a balcony, Kildare court claim
The cat had ‘urinated on a blanket’
A man threatened to throw the family pet cat off a balcony.
This was among the claims made by his wife at Naas District Court, where she sought protection.
The woman said she was subjected to a serious pattern of verbal aggression from him.
She further claimed that he was extremely angry and was shouting.
The woman told the presiding judge that the cat had urinated on a blanket and the man became aggressive towards her and the children.
“He started shouting and threatened to throw the cat off the balcony (and) the children became distressed and started crying,” she stated.
The woman also said that she alerted a neighbour to contact the gardaí. She claimed that the man, who was not present or represented, assaulted her on the head when she let the children back inside.
Judge Desmond Zaidan granted an interim protection order and adjourned the case to November 23.