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Billy Passmore faces charges connected with an alleged stabbing in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim.
A man in his sixties was taken to hospital for treatment to injuries following the incident in a block of flats at Rathcoole Close on February 15 last year.
Passmore was originally accused of his attempted murder.
But the pensioner, of Rathcoole Close, appeared at Belfast Magistrates Court today on a reduced charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
He is further accused of possessing an offensive weapon - namely a bayonet - with intent to commit an indictable offence.
Passmore also faces a third count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to another man in the same incident.
NI news: Man to stand trial accused of attacking neighbour with bayonet
The 78-year-old faces charges connected with an alleged stabbing in Newtownabbey
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Robbie Lawlor murder accused refused bail Dublin gangster Robbie Lawlor was gunned down at a house on Etna Drive in Ardoyne 13 February, 2021 01:00
Police carry out a fingertip forensic search at a property in Ardoyne where a 36-year-old Robbie Lawlor was shot dead. Picture by Mal McCann.
A MAN charged with the murder of Dublin gangland boss Robbie Lawlor must remain in custody, a judge ruled yesterday.
Patrick Teer (45) was refused bail over his alleged role in the underworld figure s assassination in north Belfast.
Lawlor (36) was shot dead in broad daylight on April 4 last year as part of a deadly drugs feud.
A man who was found drunkenly walking down the Westlink has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Robert Wesley Nesbitt (32) appeared before Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Saturday charged with disorderly behaviour after police were called to the dual carriageway on Thursday morning.
A prosecution lawyer told the court that at 3.30am Nesbitt was found by officers in a very intoxicated state on the road and became aggressive.
He was arrested over concerns for his mental health and taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital.
At the RVH he became aggressive towards hospital staff, police officers and threatened to harm himself.
The lawyer added that Nesbitt repeatedly called officers “ s” and he was warned about his behaviour.