*Pearse Avenue.
GARDAÍ found a 42 year old Ennis woman outside her home on Tuesday morning with blood soaking the pants of her pyjamas and dripping onto the roadway after she was allegedly stabbed in her right upper thigh by her ex-partner, a court has heard.
At Ennis District Court, Travis Wallace (31) has appeared in court in connection with the alleged stabbing of the woman at Pearse Avenue, Cloughleigh, Ennis.
In the case, Mr Wallace of Pearse Avenue, Cloughleigh, Ennis is charged with the assault of the woman with intent to cause bodily harm on February 25th at Pearse Avenue, Cloughleigh, Ennis.
A native of Limerick, Mr Wallace is also charged with producing a hurley in the course of a dispute contrary to Section 11 of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act on the same date at the same address.
Refusing a bail application for Mr Wallace, Judge Alec Gabbett said, “The alleged stabbing is extraordinarily serious and there are potentially more charges to follow here I would have thought”.
Gardaí opposed bail for the accused and during the course of the bail hearing, Garda Sean O’Sullivan told the court that in the early hours of February 25th at 4.45am Gardaí received a woman that she had been allegedly assaulted by her ex-partner, Travis Wallace who was armed with a hurley.
Garda O’Sullivan said that Gardaí attended the scheme at 5am but the woman unfortunately refused to engage with Gardaí at this time.
Garda O’Sullivan said that Gardaí returned to the scene at 10am where the same woman said that Mr Wallace had allegedly attacked her again.
Garda O’Sullivan said that the woman was outside her home, had an injury to her right upper thigh with blood soaking through her pants and dripping onto the roadway.
He said, “She had bruising to her forehead, bruising to her both eyes and Gardai advised her to receive immediate medical treatment”.
Garda O’Sullivan said, “She refused initially and re-entered the house and locked herself in”.
He said that during the course of a subsequent search of the home at Pearse Avenue, a blood stained Pajamas pants worn by the woman was seized which was consistent with a stab wound to her right upper thigh area.
Garda O’Sullivan said that a serrated knife with blood on top was recovered from underneath a mattress in the home.
He said that the woman was taken to University Hospital Limerick UHL for further treatment by ambulance.
Garda O’Sullivan said that Mr Wallace was arrested at 11.03am on Tuesday morning in connection with the alleged assault on the woman.
Garda O’Sullivan said that CCTV footage showed Mr Wallace at 4.38am on February 25th pulling the woman by the hair out onto the street, dragging her along the ground and aiming a kick at her head and torso.
He said that the woman then ran back into the house and slammed the door shut.
He said that CCTV then shows Mr Wallace shove the door open and he can be seen holding a hurley in his hand and entering downstairs living room and waving it in a threatening manner towards the woman.
Garda O’Sullivan confirmed to solicitor, Shiofra Hassett for the accused that the alleged injury party had yet to make a statement to Gardaí.
Garda O’Sullivan said that medical treatment was a priority for the woman, given the nature of the injury to her upper right thigh.
Judge Gabbett remanded Mr Wallace in custody to appear via video link from Limerick prison at Ennis District Court on March 5th.
Judge Gabbett said that he would not impose any reporting restrictions in the case on the identity of the accused as there are no family law proceedings involved.
