Portadown man, who spat in a woman's face, pleads guilty to possessing cannabis and damaging her e-cig
A man with an address in Portadown who spat in a woman’s face also pleaded guilty to damaging her e-cig and possessing cannabis.
Luis Monteiro, aged 28, from Glenmahon Avenue, appeared before Craigavon Magistrates Court accused of two counts of common assault, possession of a Class B controlled drug, namely cannabis, and criminal damage in late January early February.
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Barrister Mr Andrew Thompson, instructed by Gerard Maguire Solicitors, said the defendant was pleading guilty to all except one of the assault charges.
A prosecutor said the two charges of assault against a woman, which are aggravated by domestic abuse, were being rolled into one charge – leaving Monteiro facing charges of assault, criminal damage and possession of cannabis.
Mr Thompson said his client has a record including that of domestic abuse and pointed out the assault involved spitting in the victim’s face.
“He has accepted that. I don’t doubt that Your Worship will view it with the contempt it deserves,” said the barrister who asked for a pre-sentence report.
District Judge Michael Ranaghan said: “It’s a borderline one where I might be saying a report is pointless but I will give him the benefit of the doubt.
"Spitting in a woman’s face with a record of domestic violence with the aggravator added seems to me like a custody case – albeit I will see what that Probation report says.”
He asked the interpreter to tell the defendant that he is getting one opportunity. The case was adjourned until June 19 for a pre-sentence report.