A man appeared in court in the north on Wednesday, accused of having broken his 76-year-old mother’s nose.

The police officer speaking in court explained that the man, who lives in the northern Nicosia suburb of Ortakoy, had got into an argument with his mother over who would get to watch television.

When the argument became heated, the man pushed his mother over. She fell face first onto the floor, breaking her nose.

She was taken to northern Nicosia’s Dr Burhan Nalbantoglu hospital, where doctors confirmed the injury.

Judge Zehra Yalkut Bilgec ordered that the man be held in custody for a period not exceeding 15 days subject to a trial.