A Dublin chef who has a history of drug abuse and domestic violence has been refused bail by the Central Criminal Court.
The 35-year-old appeared before Judge Orla Crowe this afternoon to make a bail request in respect of his ongoing remand after he was charged with assaulting his female partner.
The man, who is from Dublin 14, previously spoke of how he had overcome drugs and was successful in his career.
A Garda from Tallaght station gave evidence of how the accused admitted to punching the woman, a foreign national, in the head 6-7 times, strangling her, and making threats against her life on the 5th of April last.
After his arrest, he was granted bail by the District Court however this was appealed to the High Court which revoked bail.
Today, Judge Orla Crowe heard arguments from prosecuting Gardaí who applied the O’Callaghan objection in respect of bail as the State has concerns that the accused may interfere with the alleged injured party.
Details of alleged assault
The court heard that the injured party made a statement on the 8th of April in which she said her partner had “lost it” during a verbal dispute and had thrown her on the bed and was “punching” her.
She said that she received up to 7 punches in the head and that the accused was kneeling on top of her with his hands firmly gripping her neck.
He told her, “I’m going to kill you, you’re after driving me to it.”
The woman managed to get out of the apartment but was pursued by the accused where he was captured on CCTV at a Luas stop behaving in a threatening manner towards her, the court heard.
She went into a Tesco where she spoke to someone about what was happening. The Garda witness said that CCTV from Tesco showed the accused attempting to push the alleged victim, who was “looking terrified” out of the shop.
The court was shown photos of the woman where her eye area, neck and face were bruised and swollen.
The accused was arrested on the 15th of April and accepted that the statement the alleged victim had made was an accurate account of his actions on the day of the assault.
When the High Court revoked bail on the 8th of May, the injured party went to the court to support the accused and has since lodged a statement of withdrawal in respect of the assault.
Gardaí also objected to bail in respect of the accused’s history of taking bench warrants, 9 in all, of which 4 were granted against him in 2024 alone.
He has 31 previous convictions, 26 of which are for breaches of the Road Traffic Act, 1 for Failure to Appear, 1 for breaches of the Public Order Act, and 2 for domestic violence related issues in respect of a previous partner.
The accused’s defending counsel argued that his client and the injured party had been in a relationship “for a period of time” and that the District Court had seen fit to grant him bail on “strict conditions” which he had abided by, until an appeal was entered by the DPP.
Judge Crowe refused bail saying that the matter was “very serious” and put the case back to the 3rd of November next.