PSNI say victim was also stabbed, bound, gagged and forced to strip
A man was allegedly scalded with boiling water and stabbed repeatedly for disliking a woman on Facebook , a court heard today.
Details emerged as 32-year-old David Smyth was refused compassionate bail on charges of taking part in the attack in the early hours of March 20. The woman, wearing a snood with a skeleton logo, and Smyth began striking him after they were let into the property, according to his account. He stated that he was tied up with black cables as the attack continued.
He claimed the victim was made to strip off and put his clothes and phone in a plastic bag which the assailants took with them. Before leaving the apartment Smyth allegedly warned that the man’s mother and grandmother would be harmed if he informed the PSNI. The court heard police obtained CCTV footage of the two defendants at a petrol station in Comber a number of hours after the assault.
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