SNS GroupA man has been found guilty of carrying out a brutal domestic attack on his partner after an Old Firm game.
Joseph Mulheron turned on the woman at her flat in Glasgow’s Castlemilk on April 7, 2024.
The 54-year-old was enraged as he falsely accused the woman of cheating on him with his brother.
Mulheron repeatedly beat his partner, strangled her and stabbed her with a knife and fork.
Mulheron was found guilty of assaulting his then-partner to her severe injury and danger of life.
The court heard that the pair had been at a local bar to watch Rangers and Celtic draw 3-3 at Ibrox.
The pair returned home where Mulheron claimed that she had cheated with his brother.
Prosecutor Ryan Watson told jurors in his closing speech: “She described him going for her, punching her repeatedly on the face using both hands.
“She described being hit like how a man would be hit.
“She was pulled by her hair to the ground then he continued to kick her all over her body.”
The woman lay in the foetal position for her safety while Mulheron “laid into” her.
Mulheron then struck her on the head with her mobile phone and smashed it.
Mr Watson added: “Mulheron then stabbed her on the head with a fork and placed two hands around her throat and squeezed, choked and strangled her.”
The woman believed that Mulheron was going to kill her during the horror ordeal.
Mulheron took a kitchen knife and threatened to “cut” her with it then put it against her face.
Mr Watson said: “When he was on top of her, he proceeded to drop the knife on her head and laughed as he did it.”
Mulheron left the flat as just as her mother entered in a planned visit.
The “hysterical” woman told her mother what Mulheron had done to her before she was taken to the hospital.
She was found to have suffered facial swelling, bruising to her face and abdominal pain. Her left eye was also swollen shut.
Mulheron told jurors in his evidence that he was the victim of an attack by the woman.
He stated that she hit her face off the ground during a struggle.
Mulheron further claimed that he put his hand around the woman’s neck for three seconds to “get leverage” to get up from the ground.
Des Ziolo, defending, told the court that his client has previous convictions for domestic matters but has never received a custodial sentence.
Sheriff Michael Hanlon deferred sentence until next month pending background reports.
The sheriff said: “A custodial sentence is very much in my mind.
“Mr Mulheron was given the privilege of bail while the trial was ongoing but standing the serious nature of the offence, I withdraw bail and he will be remanded into custody.”
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