{"id":10378,"date":"2026-04-09T14:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/10378\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:34:13","slug":"man-who-allegedly-rammed-car-into-derry-house-claimed-he-was-going-to-hack-his-ex-partner-up-court-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/10378\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who allegedly rammed car into Derry house claimed he was going to ‘hack’ his ex-partner up, court told"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man has been remanded in custody at Derry<\/a> Magistrates’ Court in connection with an incident in which a man allegedly rammed his car repeatedly into a house where his former partner and three children were in and claimed he was going to ‘hack her up’.<\/p>\n

\n Eoin Nolan (36), of no fixed abode, faced a total of 12 charges including four counts of threatening and abusive behaviour that were said to have occurred on April 7.\n<\/p>\n

\n He was also charged with two counts of possessing offensive weapons namely an axe and a knife, criminal damage to walls, a door and a window, threats to kill as well as driving offences including dangerous driving at Altcar Park.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n Again all of the charges were said to have occurred on April 7.\n<\/p>\n

\n A police officer said that this was ‘a prolonged and violent attack’ by the defendant on the home of his former partner of 23 years and their three children.\n<\/p>\n

\n She said he arrived at the property armed with a knife and an axe ‘to cause fear and harm’ and caused ‘considerable damage’ to the door.\n<\/p>\n

\n The officer said that he then got into his car and had ‘repeatedly driven his car at the front wall of the house’ leaving a large hole in the wall and rendering the building ‘structurally unsafe’.\n<\/p>\n

\n The court heard that throughout the incident Nolan repeatedly made threats to the police claiming he would hack the woman up.\n<\/p>\n

\n Bail was objected to on the grounds there was a risk of reoffending and possible interference with witnesses.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n The officer said that she didn’t believe that Nolan could be managed on bail ‘given the nature of this violent incident.’\n<\/p>\n

\n She also said police believed Nolan was a danger to himself, his family and the general public.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n Defence solicitor Paddy MacDermott said that ‘clearly these are serious charges’ and said the defendant had ‘mental health issues’.\n<\/p>\n

\n He said Nolan had spent some time in a mental institution in the Republic in recent weeks.\n<\/p>\n

\n The solicitor said he believed that this was an attempt at ‘death by cop’ as it appeared the defendant wanted police to shoot him.\n<\/p>\n

\n He added that there was no address at present but Nolan could be released on bail to an address approved by the PSNI.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n District Judge Oonagh Mullan said Nolan was ‘dangerous to himself’ and refused bail.\n<\/p>\n

\n He was remanded in custody to appear again on April 30.\n<\/p>\n

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