A 42-year-old guy implicated of attacks on his moms and dads with an iron bar and a can of dog food should stay in custody, a High Court judge ruled today.
homas McMullan was declined bail amidst claims that he likewise smashed the windows of his dad’s automobile throughout a wave of violent outbursts.
He deals with charges of typical attack, criminal damage, belongings of an offending weapon and attack on authorities.
McMullan, of Green Roadway in Ballyclare, Co Antrim, apparently assaulted his dad after being offered a lift house on November 21 this year.
Prosecution counsel declared McMullan declined to leave the automobile and raised a crowbar pushing the flooring of the automobile.
” He jabbed his dad in the confront with it, striking him in the mouth and triggering a cut to the upper lip,” the lawyer competed.
McMullan then apparently utilized the iron bar to smash the automobile’s windshield.
The court likewise heard the accused’s mom was formerly attacked after she dropped off his dog and some family pet food. As she beinged in her automobile outside McMullan’s house on November 7, he appeared and attempted to smash the window with the can, it was declared. “He then unlocked and struck her on the face with the can of dog food prior to she repelled,” the district attorney declared.
Throughout efforts to jail McMullan at the scene he apparently tossed a series of punches at a law enforcement officer, striking him on the back of the head.
A defence lawyer stated his customer has compound abuse issues and is “sobbing out for help”.
Rejecting bail, nevertheless, Girl Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan ruled: “There is a worrying pattern of behaviour and it appears a high threat of re-offending.”
