Man in court over alleged attack

A man was remanded in custody today accused of breaking into a Co Antrim home in a bid to inflict knife wounds.
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Stewart Leckey, 23, appeared before Belfast Magistrates' Court in connection with an alleged attack in Whitehead early on Sunday morning.

Police said a man aged in his fifties sustained a number of injuries during the incident at a property on Edward Road in the seaside town.

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Leckey, with an address at Ransevyn Park in Whitehead, is charged with aggravated burglary and attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm.

He was allegedly armed with a knife at the time.

Leckey also faces a second count of possessing a Class B drug, namely cannabis.

A defence lawyer told the court he was not yet in a position to seek his client's release.

"It was hoped to make a bail application, but there's no address outside Whitehead," the solicitor said.

District Judge Harry McKibbin agreed to remand Leckey in custody to appear again by prison video-link in a week's time.