'Facial and leg injuries' sustained in alleged hammer incident, Kildare court told
Naas District Court told of alleged altercation in a driveway
A man received a number of injuries after he was confronted by a man wielding a hammer, it was alleged at Naas District Court.
Before the court was Mustafa Kseibat, 24, whose address was given as 12 Glending Way, Blessington.
He faces an allegation of assault at Willfield, Blessington.
Garda Jeffrey Finn said it will be alleged that on September 1, 2025, the defendant got involved in an altercation in a driveway in Blessington where the injured party resides.
Replying to Judge Desmond Zaidan, the garda said the injured party and the defendant know each other.
The garda alleged the defendant left, returned with a hammer and damaged a door and a wall at the property. He added the injured party was assaulted causing injuries to his nose, leg and hand.
Pictures of the man’s injuries were handed into court.
The court heard that the defendant is originally from Libya and the injured party is originally from Algeria.
Gda Finn said the incident started off in an argument between the defendant and another person, who was havig a car valeted. He said the injured party asked the defendant to leave.
Judge Zaidan sent the defendant forward for trial before Wicklow Circuit Court, sitting in Bray.