A 33-year-old man has been remanded in custody after a judge refused to grant him bail following an alleged domestic violence incident at a house in Enniskillen.

James Donaghoe, with an address of Windmill Heights in the town, was arrested on January 31 for common assault and resisting police.

An officer told the court that police received a third party call reporting screaming inside a house in Windmill Heights. When police arrived they could hear screaming. After knocking the door, the injured party came to the door and was visibly shaken and said Donaghoe had been hitting her, tried to strangle her and she wanted him out of the house.

Officers asked the 33 year old to step out of the house but instead he went to grab the injured party and said they were just having an argument.

The officers attempted to arrest him but he resisted and refused to cooperate.

Police were objecting to bail on the grounds that he had lengthy list of convictions including common assault, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place as well as having an extensive domestic history.

The officer told the court that the injured party claimed Donaghoe kept her mobile phone and would not let her out of the house and said it appeared the injured party was trapped in a cycle of domestic abuse.

They added that the injured party was high risk and there had been a number of incidents between the parties while there was persistent anti-social behaviour issues at the address.

Donaghoe's barrister, Steffan Rafferty asked the officer if no formal written statement had been made by the victim which was confirmed and said it was because she was intoxicated and was not willing to report the incident but did not want to see the defendant.

He said that the injured party was no "shrinking violet" and that his client had been arrested on the back of verbal allegations made while she was intoxicated and denying his client bail would be "excessive".

District Judge Steven Keown denied Donaghoe bail saying domestic violence was "a scourge on society" especially during Covid times when vulnerable people are stuck behind closed doors and added there was a clear and serious domestic violence threat.

The case will be heard again on March 1.