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Derry Magistrate's Court
A man has failed to be released on bail at Derry Magistrate's Court charged with two counts of assault on a woman occasioning her actual bodily harm and two counts of assault.
Algis Jarusevicius (51) with an address at Tandragee Road in Portadown was charged with assaulting the woman on March 2.
A police officer told the court that police responded to domestic incident and found the alleged victim with a cut on her forehead and blood on her face.
She claimed the defendant had attacked her unprovoked and there was a mirror at the property that was broken.
The defendant was bailed to an address in Portadown and it was said he returned to the city on March 29 and allegedly assaulted the woman again.
The police officer said that the woman claimed to be 'terrified and fearful' of the defendant.
Bail was opposed due to the risk of interference with witnesses.
Defence counsel Gavyn Cairns said his client had been in custody for five months.
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He said that the defendant had returned to the city at the woman's request.
Deputy District Judge Brian Archer said he did not see the defendant as suitable for bail as he had breached his bail conditions that had been set for the woman's protection.
The defendant will appear again on September 8.
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