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 today.
Police said they charged 53-year-old Queensland man Robert Raymond Dennehy around midnight on 18 February after seizing an axe 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 said a 25-year-old man had come 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.
Paramedics reportedly treated the man before taking him to Gold Coast University Hospital for further treatment.
Meanwhile, detectives found Robert Raymond Dennehy at South Beach Road where they 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, with a magistrate last week agreeing to have him kept on remand.
He was due to face the Byron Bay Local Court on Monday 16 March via video link for a case mention.
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