An Irish man has been arrested and detained in custody in the Philippines on suspicion of beating his wife with a piece of wood.
The man is being detained at a cop station over the incident on Monday night in the town of Badian, Cebu. The couple had been drinking before the attack, police said, before the man's wife was assaulted just before 7pm.
The woman was rushed to Badian District Hospital but she was later transferred to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City. Major James Conaco, Badian Police Station chief, explained how they received a call alerting them to the row.
