Co Down man assaulted partner before stealing e-scooter and leaving on a train
A man assaulted his then partner before stealing an e-scooter and leaving on a train.
Police, however, located the man on the train and the e-scooter was returned.
Details were given at Ballymena Magistrates Court where Darren Correia (34), with an address listed as Burren Meadow, Newcastle, was sentenced on charges of assault, criminal damage and theft of an e-scooter.
He had previously been convicted of the charges in his absence and has now been brought back to court on an arrest warrant for sentencing.
On January 13 this year police attended an address in Ballymena but Correia had left. A woman said the defendant and her had been drinking with friends and then there had been an argument.
He hit her on the back of the head with a TV remote. He kicked and damaged a TV screen and damaged a mirror in a hallway. He pushed a fridge freezer causing a "large hole" in a wall.
Correia returned about 30 minutes later and threw a "baby gate" towards her and flipped up a kitchen table.
He left a second time and took her son's e-scooter "and heads towards the Train Station". He was located on a Belfast-bound train with the e-scooter which was returned.
A defence barrister said the defendant had not attended the previous court as following his mother's passing he had "gone to a reclusive state".
The defendant, who had a record, is engaging with a GP to get help for issues.
Correia has received a five months prison term, suspended two years, and a two year Restraining Order was put in place.