An alleged would-be murder victim was left basically to die over an affair with a defendant s wife, a court heard yesterday.
A detective told Coleraine Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena, it was the police case that David Austin (54) and brothers Stephen McCook (28) and Brian McCook (24) attacked their alleged victim because he was involved in a sexual relationship with Austin s wife.
Appearing at court by video-link the trio were jointly accused of attempting to murder the alleged victim last Sunday, January 3.
Brian McCook, from the Urbal Road in Dervock, was further charged with making a threat to kill the two main witnesses, Austin s wife and his own cousin who lives with the Austins.