Anthony Gelling denies attack on his wife in Widnes
Ex-Wire centre Anthony Gelling gives evidence from witness box on day two of trial EX-Wire centre Anthony Gelling, accused of punching his then-wife in the face, today (Friday) told a jury that he had only done so in self-defence. The 30-year-old Cook Islands international explained that otherwise he feared he would be run over by the car she was reversing. Liverpool Crown Court has heard that the punch he threw as she sat behind the steering wheel broke bones in her nose and eye socket as well as causing a black eye and a cut over her right eyebrow. Gelling, a New Zealander, who at...