Cork man accused of grabbing partner by hair and smashing her face into bedside locker

Accused remanded in custody after arrest on a bench warrant

Judge Catherine Ryan decided the case was too serious to be dealt with at Cork District Court and declined jurisdiction.

A sleeping woman was dragged by the hair from her bed by her partner who smashed her face into a bedside locker and caused her numerous injuries, it was alleged on Friday.

Judge Catherine Ryan decided that the assault causing harm case, which dates back six years, was too serious to be dealt with at Cork District Court and she declined jurisdiction.

No reason was given for the delay in bringing the case which dates back to April 13, 2020, but the accused man had been arrested on a bench warrant.

The 42-year-old man accused of carrying out the assault was remanded in custody until June 5 for revised DPP directions in light of the judge’s refusal to accept jurisdiction.

Sergeant John Kelleher said the woman was at home in her apartment in Cork city with her partner on April 13, 2020.

“Both had dinner and consumed alcohol during the course of the evening. [She] states that shortly after 1am his mood changed and he became annoyed. She went to bed and he remained in the kitchen.

“Some time later she was awoken as her partner was dragging her out of bed by the hair. She alleges he hit her head against the edge of a wooden wardrobe and smashed her face into the bedside locker. He then left the apartment. Gardai were called.

“The injured party was bleeding from her head and her face was bruised,” Sgt Kelleher said.

The sergeant went through the medical report and outlined the injuries described. They included soft tissue injuries to her head, face, arms and torso. She also had bruising around the left eye and the bridge of her nose, bruising of the right armpit and both arms, abrasions over the right shoulder, a red bump left over the thoracic area, laceration to scalp, and she was distressed.