A 32-year-old man has appeared in court charged with attacking a woman with a hammer during an aggravated burglary in north Belfast.

Greg McCullough, of Wynthorpe Grove in Newtownabbey, faced Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, June 18.

He is accused of causing grievous bodily harm to the woman after entering her home on Shore Road on Tuesday, June 16.

McCullough also faces charges of assaulting two police officers and possessing Class C drugs.

No application for bail was made, and he was remanded in custody.

He is due to appear again on July 16.