A man suffered severe facial burns after boiling water was allegedly poured over him in north Belfast, a court heard today.
He was also stamped on during an attack which led to him being put in a medically-induced coma, it was claimed.
Details emerged as 41-year-old Kevin Murray, of Stanhope Street in the city, was charged with his attempted murder.
Belfast Magistrates Court heard paramedics found the victim, aged in his twenties, inside a corner shop in the Carrick Hill area on Sunday night.
Crown lawyer Stephanie Boyd said: He was bleeding on the floor, and the skin on his forehead, throat, neck and lips was red and flaking off.
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Paul Stockman (53) arrive at Belfast Magistrates Court charged with the murder of fiancee Patricia Bardon
He also told our man: I didn t kill that woman, she died of manslaughter, she choked on her own blood. I d prefer to leave this. This is totally weird, so what? What does that have to do with my situation right now and my general day-to-day life? I d prefer if you would just disappear and leave me alone.
During his trial in 2011 Belfast Crown Court heard furious thug Stockman bashed helpless Patricia s head off the bathroom floor of their south Belfast apartment, leaving her with a broken neck and fatal head and facial injuries.
A former bodybuilding champion who battered his fiancé to death on their wedding day because she decided to call off the marriage still refuses to accept responsibility for his crime.
THE case presented against one of the men accused of murdering Irish gangland boss Robbie Lawlor was "a masterpiece of vagueness", a court heard today.