CHICORA — A 28-year-old woman allegedly attacked by her ex-fiance with a hatchet to the head was left blind in one eye, according to testimony at a preliminary hearing Tuesday.

The hatchet, which Trooper Robert Rottman also described as a “tomahawk,” penetrated the victim's brain. She remains hospitalized following the June 9 incident at her family's farmhouse in Summit Township.

Rottman was the lone witness to testify at the hearing for Dean J. Law, 29, of Apollo, Armstrong County. Afterward, District Judge Lewis Stoughton ordered Law held for trial on all charges, including attempted homicide.

Other charges are aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, trespass and false identification to law enforcement.

Law remains in the Butler County Prison without bail.

Read more in Wednesday's Butler Eagle.