Cheating husband accused of 'gaslighting' by judge after abusing wife
dailyrecord.co.ukA cheating husband was caught putting his hands around his wife's neck as she screamed in fear.Thomas McCarthy denied assaulting his wife despite an audio recording of the incident.
During a ruling at Cardiff Magistrates' Court the judge said: "I find the defendant is trying to gaslight me." McCarthy, a 40-year-old cybersecurity account manager with no previous convictions, gave evidence on Tuesday as he stood trial for assault by beating.
The court heard his wife's recording from June 27 last year when he forcibly removed her from their Bridgend home, hours after she had told him she had filed for divorce.
In the audio he questioned why their three children would "want to be with a psychotic woman", telling her: "It's not even going in your head...
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