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A 19 YEAR old Bristol man has been remanded until August after he reap- peared in court on Friday on charges in connection with an assault which left a 20 year old rugby fan from County Clare fighting for his life.
James “Jamie” Egan (19) from Kilmihil is now reported to be in a “stable condition” at Frenchay North Bristol Hospital after being attacked in a pub there on May 23 last.
He had been on the critical list for a number of days before that.
James had been staying in the city and was due to travel to Cardiff to see Munster play in the Heineken Cup Final the following day. However,
the Limerick Institute of Technology engineering student was rushed to hospital with life threatening injuries following an incident in a bar.
Darren O’Neill from Bristol was arrested soon after the attack and was later charged with causing griev- ous bodily harm (GBH).
He first appeared at Bristol Mag- istrates Court on Monday, May 26, where he was remanded to the Bris- tol Crown Court where he appeared on Friday last.
According to a _ spokesperson for Bristol Crown Court, “Darren O’Neill appeared at Bristol Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on May 30. He was remanded to appear at this court on August 29 next.”
Police were called to the scene at the Chicago Rock bar, Bristol Wa- terfront, at around midnight on Fri- day May 23 where they found James Egan seriously injured.
It is understood that Mr Egan had returned to his hotel following an earlier incident, but left the hotel again at around midnight. He was subsequently assaulted by aman ina bar on Bristol’s waterfront.
A short time later in a nearby pub, Darren O’Neill, with an address in Bristol, was arrested and taken into custody.
The injured man’s mother Carmel flew to Bristol from Clare to be at her son’s bedside the morning after the AAA EANOL