MAN IN COURT CHARGED WITH MACHETE ATTACK ON GIRLFRIEND AND BROTHER

A Derry man who wounded his then girlfriend and his brother in a machete attack is due to be sentenced at the city’s Crown Court today.

Stephen Patrick O’Kane (25), of Rinmore Drive in Creggan, pleaded guilty earlier this week to maliciously wounding the pair during a domestic incident on 16 August, 2012.

He also admitted possession of an offensive weapon, namely a machete, with intent to commit grievous bodily harm.

O’Kane’s brother sustained a deep gash to his shoulder while the woman suffered a slash wound on her hand which needed six stitches and treatment at Dundonald Hospital for nerve damage.