Court told Mark Cassidy attacked his mother and partner

A man cut his mother with a hunting knife and jumped on her head after she intervened in an attack on his girlfriend, the High Court has heard.

Mark Cassidy is also accused of breaking a chair over his former girlfriend's head before kicking and punching her as she lay on the ground.

The court heard the attack happened on 1 January, following a heavy drinking session on New Year's Eve.

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