A WOMAN squirted ammonia into a man’s eyes and her partner hit him on the back with a hammer, a jury heard.

Billy-Jo Hannigan claimed Naomi Robinson twice threw the liquid at him in the street in Chapelfields, York, on April 28, leaving him with burning eyes and struggling to breathe.

Mr Hannigan alleged Robinson’s partner Philip Noble hit him on the back with a hammer. He also claimed Noble had a knife.

Robinson denied the liquid allegations and alleged Mr Hannigan hit her so hard with something similar to an extending washing line pole that he broke her arm.

Noble denied the hammer and knife allegations and claimed Mr Hannigan threw a piece of concrete through the couple’s front room window.

Mr Hannigan denied both allegations against him.

Robinson and Noble, both 37, of Chapelfields Road, Acomb, each deny charges of actual bodily harm and carrying an offensive weapon.

The jury at York Crown Court heard Mr Hannigan was arrested on suspicion of assaulting Robinson but was released without charge.

All the police evidence was undisputed.

The jury heard officers saw Mr Hannigan bathing his eyes when they answered a 999 call that evening. He had a red face and bloodshot eyes and a small cut to his back.

Robinson, whom police found at her home, had a broken arm. The prosecution allege it was broken in an incident after the alleged squirting incident.

Police found a bottle of ammonia on the floor of the couple’s bedroom, but no other cleaning equipment nearby, a piece of concrete in the couple’s kitchen sink, one knife on the windowsill in the couple’s bedroom, two knives under the living room sofa and a fourth on top of a kitchen cabinet.

In his statement, Sgt James Duffy said he saw a lot of glass outside the couple’s front window, as though it had been broken from within, but there had been attempts to clear it up so the glass may have been moved.

Noble alleged he used the knives and ammonia to turn cocaine into crack cocaine for himself.

He and Robinson both claimed they didn’t have a hammer at their home and denied taking the ammonia or knives out of the house.

Robinson alleged that when Noble brought her home after they had encountered Mr Hannigan, the living room floor was covered in glass and he had to clear a space for her to lie down.

The trial continues.