Media mogul Antony Catalano denies strangling wife in assault court case

Key points

• Media figure Antony Catalano has denied strangling his wife or swinging a clothes iron at her head during an alleged attack at their St Kilda apartment earlier this year, his lawyer says. Defence barrister Dermot Dann KC said there were grave difficulties with elements of the police case and that security footage would show his client did not commit the alleged acts.
• Mr Dann said Stefanie Catalano no longer wanted the case to proceed.
• Prosecutors are continuing with the case, which includes assault, false imprisonment, threats to kill and recklessly causing injury charges.