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Digbeth soup kitchen meat cleaver attack: Man in court | |
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A man accused of "almost severing" another man's arm with a meat cleaver during a row at a soup kitchen has been remanded in custody. | A man accused of "almost severing" another man's arm with a meat cleaver during a row at a soup kitchen has been remanded in custody. |
Darren Martin, 27, has been charged with wounding, assault, affray and possessing an offensive weapon in public over the attack in Birmingham. | Darren Martin, 27, has been charged with wounding, assault, affray and possessing an offensive weapon in public over the attack in Birmingham. |
Police said it was feared the man could lose his arm but surgeons were able to save it after the attack on 3 August. | Police said it was feared the man could lose his arm but surgeons were able to save it after the attack on 3 August. |
Mr Martin was remanded in custody by Birmingham magistrates on Friday. | Mr Martin was remanded in custody by Birmingham magistrates on Friday. |
Mr Martin, of no fixed address, is set to appear before the city's crown court on 11 January. | Mr Martin, of no fixed address, is set to appear before the city's crown court on 11 January. |
It is alleged he slashed the man's arm with a cleaver and hit his girlfriend over the head, causing a laceration to her forehead in New Canal Street, Digbeth. | It is alleged he slashed the man's arm with a cleaver and hit his girlfriend over the head, causing a laceration to her forehead in New Canal Street, Digbeth. |
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