His left eye was blackened and there were grazes on his forehead.

But what defence solicitor Jim Allen wanted magistrate Erin Kennedy to take note of firstly was not Traynor’s face, but his hands, particularly his knuckles.

Traynor was locked up by police early Sunday morning accused of bashing a woman’s face so badly she had to be airlifted to the Canberra Hospital for specialist surgery.

The 38-year-old Mount Austin man is charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Mr Allen asked Traynor to raise his hands above his head, which he did, and then Mr Allen asked Traynor to move them so they could be seen in the available light in the cell.

Traynor stood up and backed away a little so the light fell on his hands.

Mr Allen said there were no injuries to Traynor’s hands consistent with allegations made against his client in police facts tendered moments earlier by the prosecutor.

“My client is prepared to have his hands examined,” Mr Allen said.

Traynor did not enter pleas to the charges in Wagga Local Court on Monday afternoon but applied for bail through Mr Allen.

Mr Allen told Ms Kennedy it had been seven years since Traynor had committed a criminal offence – driving while suspended. He said Traynor could live with his mother in Narrandera.

“That is where his family is from,” Mr Allen said.

The solicitor said Traynor was prepared to undertake not to enter Wagga and to agree to a condition not to contact Crown witnesses in the case.

Mr Allen said if Traynor was not granted bail he could be behind bars for two years waiting for trial.

Ms Kennedy acknowledged the long wait for a hearings in the District Court.

“Delays are certainly a concern in these types of matters, but I have to look at the concerns I have for the (alleged) victim,” Ms Kennedy said.

Ms Kennedy referred to Traynor’s injuries, saying the accused did not want to make a complaint about them when police were called to an incident.

When police were called back they allegedly found a woman with serious injuries.

Ms Kennedy refused Traynor bail and adjourned the case to December 14.