A man allegedly stabbed and slashed his lifelong friend repeatedly at a house party in Lisburn, the High Court has heard.
Prosecutors claimed Dylan McCann (27) launched a knife attack which left the victim with a series of slice wounds and punctures to his bowels.
Details emerged as McCann, of Brook Lodge in Lisburn, was refused bail.
He was originally charged with attempted murder in connection with the stabbing incident on April 12.
Crown counsel said McCann allegedly armed himself with a blade and targeted the other man in the living room of his own home at North Street in the Upper Ballinderry area.
“He tipped the victim out of a seat he had been sitting in and stabbed and slashed him a number of times, causing internal damage to his bowel,” she contended.
McCann then left the property with the knife as the wounded man and a witness locked themselves inside, according to the prosecution.
The court was told the victim’s bowels were perforated in three places.
He was also stabbed in the side and sustained further slice wounds to his head, face, back and hands.
A total of 32 staples had to be applied to his wounds.
McCann was later arrested but made no comment during police interviews.
It was confirmed on Wednesday that the original attempted murder charge has been reduced to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
McCann faces further counts of possessing an offensive weapon, making a threat to kill, common assault of a female witness, and possessing the Class C prescription painkiller Tramadol.
Opposing his bid to be released from custody, counsel submitted: “There is a continued risk to the victim and to the public at large, given the nature of this attack.”
Joel Lindsay, defending, told the court McCann and the victim had been “very good friends” for the past 20 years.
The barrister set out how his client attended the party after spending years sober and undergoing counselling for mental health issues and panic attacks.
“He remembers very little about it, he accepts that he had taken a combination of alcohol and drugs that he shouldn’t have,” Mr Lindsay said.
He argued that McCann could be safely released without posing any risk to the victim.
“He says ‘I am already devastated that my friend of 20 years has been injured like this so I wish him no harm’,” the barrister added.
Refusing bail, however, Madam Justice Quinlivan cited concerns over potential further offending.
She told McCann: “There is a strong prima facie case this offence was committed against someone you know and with grievous consequences for that individual.”