A teenager has appeared in court sitting after police attended the scene of an alleged domestic-related incident last week.

Stephen O’Donnell (19) of Stringlanworth, County Cork is charged with assaulting a female, using disorderly behaviour, assaulting three police officers and resisting arrest.

It further emerged he was in breach of bail imposed for separate matters by being in contact with the female and entering Enniskillen.

A police officer familiar with the facts of the case told a special sitting Dungannon Magistrates Court all matters could be connected.

She explained on the afternoon of 28 January police attended Derrin Road, Enniskillen to reports of an ongoing domestic incident.

Officers attempted to separate O’Donnell from the female in order to establish from each what had occurred, but he refused to comply, becoming violent with police and resisting arrest.

While the female was unwilling to provide a statement, her fourteen-year-old child told police she observed O’Donnell assault her mother.

She described him “hit my mum in the face. My mum then fell against the stairs in the hallway and had an injury to her right eye".

Following an alleged incident involving the same female last August, O’Donnell was released on bail to reside at his Cork address.

Opposing bail the officer said police have concerns around potential witness interference and failure to return for court appearances, which they had previously raised around his release to The Cork address.

A defence solicitor said his client accepted breaching bail but denied all allegations during police interview.

He said: “The court agreed to release my client to his Cork address and has been on bail for just shy of six months without issue. He advises he was contacted a few weeks ago by the female inviting him to return to live with her at her property. He very foolishly assumed as it was an invitation there was no issue in him going. He didn’t seek any clarification or question it in any way.”

District Judge Michael Ranaghan remarked: “We are looking at somebody who accepts breaching bail, he says inadvertently. The strength of the evidence will depend on whether the child stays with the process.”

He decided bail could be granted on the original terms, but increased this from £500 to £750.

Judge Ranaghan also decided to add a further condition for O’Donnell to immediately alert police if the female contacts him.

The case is due for mention at Enniskillen Magistrates Court on 7 February.