A PUB doorman suffered serious injuries after being beaten with a fire extinguisher in an attack thought to be linked to an ongoing paramilitary feud in Carrickfergus.
The man remains seriously ill in hospital with a blood clot to the brain and facial fractures after he was attacked for refusing his alleged assailants entry, a court heard on Monday.
Details emerged as three men from the Co Antrim town were remanded in custody charged with his attempted murder.
Amid heavy security at Belfast Magistrates' Court, brothers Brian (50) and Ian Sinclair (36) appeared in the dock alongside 52-year-old Glen McCullough.
All three men were allegedly involved in violence at the Royal Oak bar in Carrickfergus on Saturday night.
Ian Sinclair, from Elizabeth Avenue, and McCullough, of Castlemara Drive, did not seek bail during the hearing.
Opposing an application mounted by Brian Sinclair, of O'Rorkes Row in the town, a detective claimed there was a risk of witness interference.
He said CCTV footage shows both brothers punching the doorman after being refused entry to the bar.
Brian Sinclair allegedly forced him to the ground before Ian Sinclair lifted a fire extinguisher and repeatedly hit him as he lay in the hallway, the court heard.
According to police, McCullough then picked up the extinguisher and threw it at the man's head.
Mr King refused bail for Brian Sinclair citing the suspected link to "organised paramilitarism".
He remanded the three accused in custody to appear again by video-link on April 10.
