A 30-yr-old man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing in north Belfast on Monday.
Hadi Alodid, a Sudanese national with an address at Duncairn Avenue in the city, faces three charges — attempted murder, possession of a knife, and making threats to kill a hospital radiographer — following the stabbing of a man in his 40s at Kinnaird Avenue on Monday, who remains in a serious condition, reports RTE.
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Mr Alodid refused legal representation, made no reply to the charges put to him through an interpreter, and appeared via videolink at Belfast Magistrates’ Court, where a PSNI detective inspector told the court she could connect the accused to the charges.
The detective inspector said the victim had lost his left eye, suffered damage to his right eye and sustained lacerations to his face and back, and that while being treated for a hand injury in hospital, the accused had told police: “I killed someone, I don’t know if they’re dead,” reports RTE.
She said it had been an “extremely serious offence” which attracted significant media attention and led to public disorder, and that granting bail could risk further serious unrest, adding that Mr Alodid had no family ties in Northern Ireland, was not employed and could seek to flee.
Judge Steven Keown refused bail, saying the “risks were far too great and unmanageable with any bail conditions,” and remanded the accused in custody to appear again in four weeks, reports RTE.
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