A man accused of using an axe to strike someone described by police as his associate in the head in Brunswick Heads last month is to face court again next month.
Police charged 53-year-old Queensland man Robert Raymond Dennehy around midnight on 18 February after seizing an axe officers said they found in his car parked at Brunswick Heads.
Officers had carried out the search after speaking with Mr Dennehy at South Beach Road in Brunswick Heads when patrolling the area as part of investigations into another man’s injuries.
They reported a 25-year-old man coming to Brunswick Heads Police Station about half an hour earlier seeking help with an injury to his face believed to have been caused by an axe.
Officers said paramedics treated the alleged victim before taking him to Gold Coast University Hospital for further treatment.
Meanwhile, detectives found Robert Raymond Dennehy at South Beach Road, accused him of striking the younger man in the head with an axe and arrested him.
Mr Dennehy was charged with reckless wounding and had bail refused.
The case was mentioned again in the Byron Bay Local Court on Monday 16 March, with the defendant appearing via video link.
Magistrate Magistrate Kathy Crittenden adjourned the matter until 20 April in the same court.
The court heard Mr Denney would stay on remand without bail and was to appear again next month via video link.
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