A MAN refused bail after being accused of assaulting his neighbour in Dublin has claimed the row started because he “snores very loudly”.

Ismail Tamar, 41, with an address at South Circular Road, was charged with assault causing harm to Mouro Di Dio on Wednesday.

Mr Tamar, who moved to Ireland from Afghanistan, appeared before Judge Monika Leech at Dublin District Court.

Garda James Butler alleged Mr Di Dio suffered ligament damage to one of his hands when he tried to protect himself. He claimed Mr Tamar attempted to strike him with a wooden stick, and Mr Di Dio also put up his leg to protect himself but had one of his shoes taken by the defendant.

The court heard they lived in neighbouring flats, but there had been a deterioration in their relationship and several incidents where the complainant and his wife suffered abuse at the hands of Mr Tamar.

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Mr Di Dio told the bail hearing that the defendant had been banging on his door and walls every night and that he had recorded incidents.

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Mr Di Dio rejected the defence suggestion that “it is because he snores very loudly, and you would have been complaining to him about his snoring.”

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