A man from North Devon has appeared at Exeter Crown accused of a bottle attack outside an Exeter University hall of residence.
Nicholas Towler will face trial in August over the incident in New North Road on January 10 this year
which led to the street being sealed off by police.
He is alleged to have lashed out with a bottle at a stranger who was walking past the Northfield hall of residence and using a mobile phone.
Towler, aged 34, of Coronation Terrace, Ilfracombe, was not asked to enter a plea to two charges of
wounding and one of assault.
He was remanded in custody by Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, and will be expected to enter a plea at the next hearing on April 17. He set a provisional trial date of August 4.
