Man In Cork Claims Wife Tried To Poison Him By Putting Washing-Up Liquid In His Noodles

A man in Cork called gardaí to his home claiming that his wife had tried to poison him by putting washing-up liquid in his noodles.

The Irish Examiner reports that Lucky Hope, the man accusing his wife of such a devious act, testified in court that his wife had tampered with his food.

“I cooked the noodles and I had chicken in the oven. I was waiting to put the chicken on the noodles. I went to the sitting room. I was watching telly. I went back into the kitchen to take my chicken out of the oven. I put my food on the table. I put the noodles in my mouth. The whole thing was liquid, it was soap,” said Mr Hope.

“If she did that, would it not have gone all bubbly?” asked Judge Con O’Leary.

Mr Hope said that when he confronted his wife about it, she claimed that the plate may have had washing-up residue on it.

“She [my wife] said ‘Maybe the dishwasher did not wash the soap off the plate properly.’ I called the guards so the guards could come and see, to take things into my own hands,” said Mr Hope as he testified at Cork District Court yesterday.

The man and woman appeared before Cork District Court 

Mr Hope was before the court on a charge of breaching a safety order by putting his wife in a state of fear.

“He threatened me I was going to get what was coming to me. He was threatening my life, basically. For a certain amount of time he is calm and fine and helps me with everything. It is like a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde personality. I am terrified of him,” said Mrs Hope, speaking in court.

Frank Buttimer, Mr Hope’s solicitor, said that the evidence about the soap in Mr Hope’s noodles was so unusual that someone wouldn’t make it up.

“He is a pathological liar. He is so dramatic. It [the soap in noodles claim] is funny. It is like something you would see in a comedy,” said Mrs Hope.

Mr Buttimer said the reason Mr Hope called the gardaí was because he wanted them to know what had happened.

“I cannot say I am sure beyond reasonable doubt that Mrs Hope was in fear, so I am obliged to dismiss the matter,” ruled Judge O’Leary.