Police came upon female bleeding from nose with scratches and swelling to her face
The court heard how the injured party passed out due to a loss of blood
Newry Magistrates court has heard how when responding to a report of a disturbance within the vicinity of the Rath Cuain estate in Warrenpoint police would come upon a female injured party with serious injuries to her face.
The fact was related in the bail application hearing of Anthony Eugene Adam Bosewell (33) of Grove Park Hillsborough. Boswell appeared before the court via videolink from custody for a bail application hearing from custody where he is being held for counts of grievous bodily harm with Intent, disorderly behaviour and false Imprisonment all of which date back to July 7 of this year.
During Boswell's application for bail a police constable stated that bail was being opposed by police on the grounds of risk of reoffending and risk of interference with witnesses whilst also providing an account of the alleged circumstances which saw the defendant in custody.
The court heard how at 11.30 on July 7 of this year police attended a flat situated within the Rath Cuain housing estate in Warrenpoint following an allegation of a serious assault. Upon arrival police would locate the complainant in the case who the court heard was badly beaten with sever swelling to her cheeks, eyes nose, with blood coming from her nose with scratches to her face.
Upon entering the flat police would find blood on the doors and walls of the property whilst also observing that a kitchen window in the property had been broken. The defendant Adam Boswell was located in an Alleway wherein he was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm.
Police noticed that there was dried blood on his clothes with a laceration to his arm. In response to his being arrested Boswell began to shout and swear loudly in a residential premises and was thus further arrested for disorderly behaviour and given his injury was brought to Daisy Hill Hospital for treatment.
Whilst being conveyed to Daisy Hill by police the inured party in the case would allege that she had been locked in the flat by the defendant Boswell, with the Boswell making a counter allegation that he himself had been subjected to an assault on the part of the complainant.
Boswell would provide an account to police of how the complainant in the case had an altercation with another party other than himself and that the injuries he sustained were inflicted by an unknown number of individuals who came out of the flat and assaulted him following this altercation .
The officer would read excerpts from the summary provided by the complainant in the case who alleged that Boswell had locked her in his property and assaulted her over a prolonged period of time with the court hearing how the injured party passed out due to a loss of blood and that she only made good her escape by fleeing through a broken kitchen window. After this she disclosed to the reporting party in the case that the person who assaulted her was called Boswell.
The court heard how given the level of injury sustained by the Injured party, which included injuries to hr face, head and eye sockets she had since had to attend appointments at several hospitals.
The police constable also detailed how Boswell was a defendant with 74 previous convictions to his name and that he has previously been arrested for breaches of bail on 14 occasions, with the complainant in the case being assessed as a high risk victim .
Opting to refuse bail in the case on the grounds of risk of Boswell breaching any bail conditions imposed by the court and that he is likely to interfere with the complainant District Judge Natasha Fitzsimons ordered that the case be taken for four weeks for a decision on November 18.