1 week Ago By [email protected] (Jane Corscadden)
Stock image of Prince Andrew Way in Carrickfergus (Image: Google Maps) A woman has suffered serious facial injuries following an assault in her car in Co Antrim. At around 9pm on Thursday evening, October 17, police received a report that a woman had been assaulted by a man while sitting in her car on Prince Andrew Way in Carrickfegus. Police said she was struck a number of times to her face leaving her with serious facial injuries before the man made off on foot.
Read more: 'The state has failed women' - Groups call for action on violence against women Read more: NI can be “dangerous place for women”, Stormont minister tells Assembly Following this incident, police attended the scene of a fire at a flat at Longfield Gardens in Greenisland , at around 3am, which is being treated as arson. There were no reports of any injuries. The suspect in both incidents, a 40-year-old man, was located by police and arrested on suspicion of a number of offences including grievous bodily harm with intent, arson with intent to endanger life, non-fatal strangulation and dangerous driving and is currently in police custody.
Police enquiries are ongoing and if you were in the vicinity of Prince Andrew Way in Carrickfergus between 8.30-9.30pm on Thursday evening, or Longfield Gardens in Greenisland at around 3am on Friday morning, and have information, dash-cam or CCTV footage, officers would ask you to call them in Larne on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference number 1702 17/10/24.
You can also submit a report online using the non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.
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