A mother of three has told of how she is lucky to be alive after quick thinking gardai found her ex partner strangling her in bed over a year ago.
Karen Galvin said she would not be able to relive the moments which led up to an incident at her home in Co Longford in September 2019 had gardai not arrived on the scene when they did.
Ms Galvin told a sitting of Longford Circuit Criminal Court of how being pinned to a bed and choked by her then partner Brendan Kellegher (33), Drumlish Hill, Drumlish, Co Longford had left her with everyday emotional, mental and psychological scars.
A woman has told a court she is lucky to be alive after gardaà found her ex-partner strangling her in bed over a year ago.
Karen Galvin said had gardaà not arrived at her Co Longford home when they did, she would not be there to recall the incident in September 2019 .
âIf I hadnât that gut feeling to leave the front door ajar for the guards I know I wouldnât be here today,â Ms Galvin told a sitting of Longford Circuit Criminal Court. âIâd be dead, plain and simple.â
The mother of three she was left with everyday emotional and psychological scars after being pinned to a bed and choked by her then partner Brendan Kelleher (33), Drumlish Hill, Drumlish, Co Longford.
Longford Circuit Criminal CourtCredit: Crispin Rodwell - The Sun Dublin
Ms Galvin told a sitting of Longford Circuit Criminal Court of how being pinned to a bed and choked by her then partner Brendan Kelleher, 33, Drumlish Hill, Drumlish, Co Longford had left her with everyday emotional, mental and psychological scars.
She said: “If I hadn’t that gut feeling to leave the front door ajar for the guards I know I wouldn’t be here today.
“I’d be dead, plain and simple.”
Ms Galvin, who is now in a new relationship and recently given birth to twins, said the trauma of what happened had left her with a deep hatred of the accused.
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