Officers also located a blood-stained knife, hammer and mop bucket during follow-up searches at the property in the Queens Avenue area of Newtownabbey. Details emerged as 31-year-old Seamus Deeny, from Stockmans Court in Belfast, was remanded in custody charged with attempting to murder the seriously wounded man. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
His co-accused Chantelle Collins, 40, also appeared at the city’s Magistrates Court over allegations that she cleaned up the scene of the attack at her home. Collins, of Queens Avenue, denies a charge of perverting the course of justice by concealing a weapon and providing a false account to detectives. The court heard police were informed on Tuesday that someone had been shown a dead body on a FaceTime video call.
Amid allegations Collins made that call, checks were carried out at her house. Advertisement Advertisement Officers found the injured man in the living room with seven stab wounds and suspected broken ankles. Based on comments by the victim, it was initially suspected that he had been assaulted in Belfast city centre.
He was taken to hospital while the two defendants were allowed to leave the property at that stage. Later that night, however, Collins allegedly told a witness that her co-accused had killed a man and she was covering for him. Advertisement Advertisement Police returned to the house.
