QLD:Man 'hit neighbour on head with hammer'

AAP General News (Australia)
08-10-2010
QLD:Man 'hit neighbour on head with hammer'

By Christine Flatley

BRISBANE, Aug 10 AAP - A man hit an elderly neighbour over the head with a hammer during
an ongoing dispute, a court has been told.

Marcos De Orleans appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning over
the alleged attack on 77-year-old Henry James Cook.

The court was told De Orleans, 59, had assaulted Mr Cook outside his Mt Gravatt unit on Sunday.

Mr Cook had allegedly been sweeping out the front of the unit block when De Orleans
attacked him with a hammer and then bit him on the arm.

De Orlean's lawyer Kerry Smith Douglas said the alleged attack was the culmination
of a 12-month dispute between the pair.

The court was told Mr Cook was taken to hospital but the extent of his injuries were not known.

De Orleans, who has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm whilst armed
and in company, was granted bail on Tuesday.

He was released under the conditions he reside at an address in Inala, and have no
contact with Mr Cook.

The matter will be mentioned again in September.

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KEYWORD: DEORLEANS

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