A MAN accused of breaking his partner's nose so badly she needs cosmetic surgery, has been remanded in custody.
Appearing at Derry Magistrates Court on Monday was Charlie Campbell (19), who has an address at Jefferson Court in Derry. He is charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on a female and obstructing police on October 22.
Police were called to Jefferson Court at around 4.10am to a report of an assault. They spoke to a female who had blood on her face and "a deformity to her nose" which was subsequently found to be broken. She told police she had been drinking with the defendant, her partner, and they had "bickered" and he punched her to the face. It is believed that the woman had been unconscious for a period.
The woman attended hospital where she was treated for a laceration to her face requiring stitches. She had two black eyes and such was the swelling around her nose that she could not be treated and has to return to hospital in a fortnight to get her nose rebroken.
At interview Campbell made no comment initially.
Defence counsel Eoghan Devlin said that any bail address would have to be well outside the city. He said there would be some consideration as to whether the case stayed in the magistrates court or went to the Crown Court but either way a custodial sentence seemed inevitable.
District Judge Barney McElholm said "this was an absolutely disgraceful attack that was completely unprovoked". He described Campbell as a danger to women and said he was a "wholly unsuitable candidate for bail" and remanded him in custody to appear again on November 10.