Man in court for stabbing sister with screwdriver

Directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions need to be obtained to decide if the case should be heard in the district court or get sent to a circuit court which has wider sentencing powers.

A 35-year-old man accused of stabbing his sister in her leg with a screwdriver has been refused bail.

Paul Smith, with an address at Ard na Greine, Cavan was charged with assault causing harm to the woman, who also lives in the same town, on Friday evening.