A MAN arrested over a home invasion that left a victim in a coma was not required to appear on the prison audiovisual screen when eight charges were brought before Dubbo Local Court this week.
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Mark Ernest Boyd was taken into custody at Narromine on April 26 on four charges of assault and single charges of special aggravated break and enter inflict grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, aggravated break and enter in company and malicious damage.
He has been refused bail three times.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution asked for an adjournment when the matter was briefly mentioned before Magistrate Andrew Eckhold.
The application was not opposed by the barrister representing Boyd.
Boyd was ordered to return to court on August 20.
There was no application for bail which was formally refused by the court.
Prosecution facts tendered to the court allege Mark Boyd, 27, entered a house in Murgah Street, Narromine, at 1.30am on April 26 in company with his brother Clint David Boyd, 29, of Trundle.
The co-accused are alleged to have forced their way through a front door and bedroom window.
Police allege 54-year-old Graham Deveril sustained grievous bodily harm when he was punched and kicked to the head. Deveril was taken to Dubbo Hospital for treatment and transferred to Sydney in a critical condition. He was placed in an induced coma at Westmead Hospital.
Police allege Debbie Hitchcock sustained actual bodily harm. Amanda Lawrence and Emma-Jane Stanley were allegedly assaulted. They were treated by paramedics at the scene.
Police allege the house was "trashed".
