Lisburn Magistrates' Court

“In a special court sitting at Lisburn Magistrates' Court, a man aged in his 40s was charged with two counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, threats to kill, non-fatal strangulation, entering…”

“The court heard the man had turned up at the woman's house on two previous occasions, once with a baseball bat, but it was 'marked as a domestic'.”

“The defendant will appear again by video-link on 7 September.”