Man accused of attacking elderly parents

A man accused of launching an unprovoked and savage attack on his elderly parents has been remanded in custody.

54 year old company director Antony John Ellis of Baymount in Port Erin answered no plea to charges of causing grievous and actual bodily harm.

Prosecutor Rachael Braidwood told magistrates Ellis went to his parents' home in Port St Mary on May 1 and began punching his 82 year old father.

When his 81 year old mother tried to stop him, he pushed her to the ground, fracturing her pelvis.

Ellis later turned himself in at Castletown Police Station, and the court heard there'd been no explanation for his alleged offences.

He was remanded at the Isle of Man Prison and will appear in court again on June 13.