A 22-year-old man has been remanded in custody, charged with assault causing harm to a 24-year-old woman in an incident in Newbridge, Kildare, on the night of December 3rd.
At Naas District Court, Judge Des Zaidan denied bail to Cian Leavy of Caragh Village, Naas, following an alleged assault on Dawn Hamill (24) from Newbridge.
The judge said the injured party was “totally unrecognisable and 10 days later is still on life support”. The exact extent of her injuries is not yet fully known due to swelling on her brain, her face and her body, the court heard.
Ms Hamill was found unresponsive on December 4th at about 8.30am at St Conleth’s car park.
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Det Gda Patrick Robbins objected to bail for the defendant who made no comment when arrested, charged and cautioned at 10.30pm on Friday, December 13th.
His solicitor Tim Kennelly sought and was granted free legal aid for his client. The court directed that the defendant receive full psychiatric evaluation, be placed on suicide watch and that prison internal medical team liaise with his GP.
He was been arrested on Friday December 6th under Section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, but subsequently released and admitted to hospital.
On his discharge from hospital yesterday he presented himself at Kildare Garda Station by appointment at 7pm with his solicitor and made a cautioned voluntary statement.
He was remanded to Cloverhill Prison until Thursday, December 19th, to appear by video link at Naas courthouse.
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