Doctor accused of assault 'was never violent to me' says partner The partner of a doctor accused of domestic abuse has told a court he had never once been violent towards her or her son. Dr Michael Lever, 43, is on trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court charged with assaulting his wife, Caroline Lever, his daughter and his stepson over an 18-year period. His new partner, Catherine Reynolds, told the court on Thursday she had met Dr Lever on a dating website three years ago and now lived with him, her son and her 20-year-old daughter. Solicitor advocate Tony McGlennan, defending, asked: "Has he ever been violent to you?" Miss Reynolds, 43, replied: "Never." Mr McGlennan asked: "Have you ever seen him physically chastise or assault your son?" The witness said: "No, absolutely not." She told the jury Lever was a "positive influence" on her son's life and she had no concerns about leaving Lever with her child. Lever, of Nether Auchendrane, Ayr, is accused of assaulting Caroline Lever between March 1993 and January 2001 at properties at Dowanhill Street, Glasgow, accommodation at Law Hospital, Carluke and in Sydenham Road, Glasgow. He is also alleged to have assaulted his his stepson Patrick George on an occasion between July 2001 and March 2004, and his 16-year-old daughter Sophie on an occasion between January 2008 and January 2010. He faces a further charge of threatening to kill himself, brandishing a knife and scaring Mrs Lever and Mr George, and an allegation of damaging a games console. Lever has denied a claim made in court by procurator fiscal Ruth Ross-Davie that he pushed his wife onto a table while she was pregnant and tried to strangle her. Lever's mother Rosemary told the trial she had never seen her son being violent towards Caroline Lever. She insisted she would not lie to protect him. Mr McGlennan asked about an allegation made earlier in the trial by Mrs Lever that she went to her mother-in-law's home after being injured. He asked: "We have heard in evidence that Caroline came to your property, the upper property at Sydenham Road bloodied and was simply given a bath and sent back downstairs. Is that true? The accused's mother replied: "No, it is not true." Lever denies all the charges against him. The trial, before Sheriff Sam Cathcart, continues.