Patient ‘kicked doctor, spat blood at police, then claimed he had coronavirus’
Ryan Hagan, 35, is also accused of attacking other officers and ripping down curtains during a suspected drug-fuelled violent outburst at Antrim Area Hospital.
A defence lawyer described his alleged behaviour after being admitted on Tuesday as “completely deplorable”.
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Hide AdHagan, of Queens Park in Newtownabbey, appeared at Antrim Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Belfast, on a total of 12 charges.
He faces counts of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, three assaults on police, threatening to kill an officer and assaulting the doctor.
Further charges include disorderly behaviour, three counts of damaging a police officer’s uniform, and criminal damage to a PSNI cell van.
District Judge George Conner was told Hagan became aggressive after he collapsed and was brought to hospital.
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