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Man killed and woman hospitalised after two car collision in Donegal

A nearby car was also damaged from the collision, but no injuries were caused to the occupants.

A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN has died following a two-car collision in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal last night. 

Gardaí are investigating the fatal crash that occurred on the N15 in Laheen, Ballyshannon at 11.30pm. 

The 28-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other car, a 60-year-old woman, was taken to Sligo General Hospital with serious injuries.

Three other passengers were also taken to hospital but only as a precautionary measure, according to gardaí. 

A nearby car was also damaged from the collision, but no injuries were caused to the occupants.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and are particularly appealing to those with dashcam footage who were in the area around 11.30pm to make this available to them.

Anyone who can assist with this investigation is asked to contact Ballyshannon Garda Station on 071 9858530 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.

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    Mute Tara Tevlin
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    Nov 21st 2012, 7:24 PM

    Bloody disgusting my god what is the world coming too poor kid

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    Mute Kitty Prendergast
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    Nov 21st 2012, 7:31 PM

    What a despicable act of cowardice. Makes me feel sick to my stomach.

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    Mute FartBox
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    Nov 21st 2012, 7:44 PM

    I’d love to get a hold of him

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    Mute My Two Cents
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 9:42 AM

    Hang him…

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    Mute Pat Morris
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    Nov 21st 2012, 7:40 PM

    What an animal, I hope he is identified and faces the music.

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    Mute Joe Shaw
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    Nov 21st 2012, 9:28 PM

    Please dont call him an animal, an animal wouldn’t do that to anyone…

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    Mute Mike Roe
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    Nov 21st 2012, 7:43 PM

    I would pay money to see him get the same!

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    Mute Paddy Mac
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    Nov 21st 2012, 7:32 PM

    Horrible cowardly b#stard, sickening to watch

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    Mute Liam Byrne
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    Nov 21st 2012, 10:46 PM

    Sickening is the word.

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    Mute Martin St John
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 7:30 AM

    What if he really is sick?? Can’t imagine a sane person behaving like this.. It’s still horrible nevertheless !

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    Mute Les Rock
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    Nov 21st 2012, 7:24 PM

    What the Hell is wrong with some young people these days.

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    Mute Tony Skillington
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    Nov 21st 2012, 8:58 PM

    A dispicable little wa@nker…you can nearly hear him laughing as he was running away….

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    Mute John Carmody
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    Nov 21st 2012, 9:00 PM

    how do you know he is a young person who did it?

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    Mute Tony Skillington
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    Nov 21st 2012, 10:04 PM

    Dunno John…must have missed his zimmerframe in the video..

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    Mute James Patrick Smith
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    Nov 21st 2012, 8:09 PM

    If they catch this “big brave man” the judge should order him to spent 30mins in an octagon with a few UFC fighters before hauling his pathetic carcass to jail. See how tough he real is. Any man that raises his hand to a woman is a pathetic coward the lowest of the low.

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    Mute Ian Walsh
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    Nov 21st 2012, 9:01 PM

    With his hands tied behind his back. I hope they catch him

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    Mute Steve Wright
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    Nov 21st 2012, 7:28 PM

    That is F&€@€ng disgusting. Is there a hashtag. Going? Someone must know who it is.

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    Mute Graham McKibbin
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    Nov 21st 2012, 8:38 PM

    In his defence the poor guy maybe had a hard upbringing – left school with no qualifications, can’t hold down a job, lot of anger built up the poor little lamb. To be honest I have to admire his bravery – sneaking up behind a 16 year old girl and punching her without warning takes a lot of courage. Lets hope he avoids the maximum 48 hours community service for such a trivial crime and instead gets a 2 week break to the Lake District (at the uk tax payers expense) to show him that crime really doesn’t pay. If he reoffends sure let him off, its nearly Christmas after all. As for the ‘victim’ – she doesn’t count. You MUST look after the criminal before the victim gets a look in. Bit like Ireland’s justice system in a way.

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    Mute Michael Mc Gauley
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    Nov 21st 2012, 7:44 PM

    Disgusting animal that’s what he is

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    Mute Joe Shaw
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    Nov 21st 2012, 11:10 PM

    Again, an animal wouldn’t behave like that…

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    Mute QhpFny3o
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    Nov 21st 2012, 8:34 PM

    he’s the reason why some people should be neutered

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    Mute Simon Barnes
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    Nov 21st 2012, 8:59 PM

    and what would neutering do for him.?

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    Mute QhpFny3o
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    Nov 21st 2012, 9:42 PM

    so he can’t pass his genes on to another little ASBO sprog who’ll do things like that too.

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    Mute Les Rock
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    Nov 21st 2012, 7:57 PM

    Id love this b*****d to try this on someone who can defend themselves…id pay good money to see that.

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    Mute Luca Costa
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    Nov 21st 2012, 9:14 PM

    Even if it was someone fairly handy, it’s difficult to act being caught unawares like that.

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    Mute FartBox
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    Nov 21st 2012, 11:11 PM

    that is true, there is no defence to a blind side punch… that girl was probably half his weight, she had no chance… if he got hit with the same punch he’d be on the deck too.. cowardly act.

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    Mute johnny
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    Nov 21st 2012, 8:23 PM

    if hes arrested the police should knock the b#lli# out of him and anyone who complains on his behalf should get the same as this poor lady got

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    Mute mason richard john
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 2:09 AM

    …..whoa whoa ..police brutality…so difficult to determine identity through this CCTV sequence…dontcha think old chap!?…..

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    Mute mason richard john
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 2:11 AM

    …..whoa whoa …surely you do not condone police brutality!?….so difficult to determine accurate identity through this brief CCTV sequence…dontcha think old chap Eh!?

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    Nov 23rd 2012, 9:40 AM

    …..so the 39 red handlers are confident they could identify the girls attacker from the CCTV clip…..amazing such confidence ….no wonder so many innocent people end up in prison…

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    Mute tom
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    Nov 21st 2012, 8:54 PM

    if it wasn’t captured camera wouldn’t believe someone capable of such a cowardly act

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    Mute Jack Bowden
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    Nov 21st 2012, 11:56 PM

    I agree 100%. I’d never of believed it if I didn’t see for myself. If I was in a jury I would of thought eye witnesses were lying or exaggerating. It really is unbelievable.

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    Mute William Ruane
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    Nov 21st 2012, 7:59 PM

    Wasn’t that young from what I could tell, someone will know him and they’ll get him!

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    Mute John Coole
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    Nov 21st 2012, 8:44 PM

    He will probably get away with it if caught.
    his taxpayer funded Lawyers will advise him to claim she said something relating to race .

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    Mute Pippa Maloney
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    Nov 21st 2012, 9:14 PM

    That is truly the most shocking thing I have ever seen ! That poor girl ! What kind of kick did he get out of that ? I sincerely hope he gets caught and quick before he does it again to some poor Girl or anyone else for that matter ! Unbelievable.

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    Mute Peter O'Halloran
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    Nov 21st 2012, 9:23 PM

    Poor kid, hope she will get over this as I suspect she will struggle to walk on
    public for quite some time. As for your man, hope he is caught and locked up for indefinite period with a promise that at some point he will be attacked at some point.

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    Mute mary cull
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    Nov 21st 2012, 8:41 PM

    Agreed.. What a B#%D inhuman being he should be hung drawn & quartered and then fed to the most vile animals that exist in the world today..

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    Mute mason richard john
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 2:20 AM

    …..Oh Ms @Mary… “Vilest Animals”…. Purely subjective comment …..not sure which genera they fall under…..back in yer pram dear…..

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    Mute Timmy O Toole
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 10:07 AM

    Mason, can you please form complete sentences like everyone else, thank you.

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    Mute Jkee Fb
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    Nov 21st 2012, 7:32 PM

    Wth?

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    Mute Mark Vieregge
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    Nov 21st 2012, 9:23 PM

    OMG that’s shocking.

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    Mute Deborah Fahey
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    Nov 21st 2012, 9:58 PM

    What I would love to see happen to this vile coward is not suitable to be typed here on the Journal!

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    Mute Timmy O Toole
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    Nov 21st 2012, 10:00 PM

    Sub-human afterbirth.

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    Mute mason richard john
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    Nov 23rd 2012, 9:46 AM

    ….35 green hands Tool ….scary there are so many of you………whoops carried away …..

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    Mute James Lawlor
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    Nov 21st 2012, 10:00 PM

    Hopefully he will end up in jail and his fellow inmates knowing what he done will sneak up behind him once a week and knock him out. Ten years of that would be sweet.

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    Nov 21st 2012, 10:05 PM

    take both his knees caps clean off

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    Mute Jordan Salanger
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 1:18 AM

    This sh1t happens on the streets of every town at least once a week in Ireland. And some ass of a judge wades in with a suspended sentence or the like! It’s time the people of this country got off their cosy holes and take these judges to task over their solution to this problem. I don’t care, mr judge, if there’s not enough space for him in prison. That’s not your problem – it’s the minister for justices problem! People, one of these days this victim will be your son, daughter, brother or sister and you will wish the fcuk you had done something before it to make sure it does not happen to anyone else! Wake up people!!!

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    Mute martin quinn
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    Nov 21st 2012, 10:05 PM

    bastard

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    Mute neo1
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    Nov 21st 2012, 9:59 PM

    Insane carry on is anybody safe ffs

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    Mute Cormac Grendon
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    Nov 21st 2012, 11:15 PM

    Sickening, Any word on the poor girl. She was out cold before she hit the ground. I would gladly kick the shit out of the coward that done this. He thinks he is a man hitting a girl

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    Mute Tommy
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    Nov 21st 2012, 11:20 PM

    I’m in total shock. The trauma the precious brain must have suffered is sickening…Really hope she recovers fully and that they catch him!

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    Mute Shirley Boshell
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    Nov 21st 2012, 11:23 PM

    They’re looking for the attacker on the news so I’m pretty sure it’s real. She dropped like a rag doll cos that blow knocked her unconscious. They have a pretty clear picture of the attacker so hopefully he will be caught. Frankly jail is too much of an easy ride for this ar$eh•le. Put him in stocks and let the public pelt rotten fruit at him. And have this vid playing in the background to keep people’s anger lovely and fresh.

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    Mute Graham McKibbin
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 10:04 AM

    34 year old man arrested in connection with the assault according to Sky News this morning. Nice one !!

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    Mute Michael Skellig
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    Nov 21st 2012, 10:30 PM

    Brutal violent acts against women seem to be on rise.

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    Mute Sean Claffey
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    Nov 21st 2012, 10:44 PM

    How do they know it was unprovoked? Horrible all the same.

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    Mute Linda Condron
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 12:11 AM

    You’ve got to be kidding me, what exactly does a person have to do to provoke this type of reaction, look at him the ‘wrong’ way?? The force he hit her with is unbelievable, thank god he didn’t succeed in injuring her seriously, unfortunately I doubt she will be mentally unscarred.

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    Mute Sean Claffey
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 2:32 PM

    Well, for example if someone harmed my younger sister I’d probably knock them clean out too, even if it was a girl. I was simply asking how do we know it was unprovoked.

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    Mute Sarah Hill
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    Nov 21st 2012, 10:57 PM

    My god

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    Mute Desmond Wisley
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    Nov 21st 2012, 11:30 PM

    Don’t you worry he’ll be got

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    Mute Gerard
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    Nov 21st 2012, 11:37 PM

    Sickening act if ever

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    Mute Conan Power
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 7:17 AM

    What a bollocks ! She hit the ground quite hard too – hope she wasn’t too injured.

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    Mute anne balfe
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    Nov 21st 2012, 11:04 PM

    That video doesn’t look real, she hit the ground like a shop dummy. That’s horrible if this footage is real

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    Mute John McFadden
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    Nov 21st 2012, 11:43 PM

    She was knocked out by the punch !! Thats why she fell like that!

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    Mute Luca Costa
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 7:52 AM

    If you’ve ever watched someone get knocked out in boxing or UFC, you’d know that’s how they fall. You lose all control of muscles etc, so you fall like a dummy.

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    Mute Niall Mckenna
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 11:01 AM

    Pretty sure if you got a belt like that you’d fall the same way too Anne!

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    Mute mary cull
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 6:03 PM

    Police have arrested a Man today in connection with the attack..

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    Mute Liam O' Leary
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 11:53 AM

    the poor girl that is shocking, if they catch him i think they should let her dad lose on him

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    Mute Dick Growler
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    Nov 23rd 2012, 5:29 AM

    before I even clicked play, I new it would be black. How did I know? Wake up, White man.

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    Mute Sherbet Bell
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    Nov 22nd 2012, 5:23 AM

    re look at slow motion, it looks like the arm he hit her with is not real, it doesn’t bend after attack, if that true that blow could have broken her neck

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    Mute Jessica Keogh
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    Nov 25th 2012, 1:56 AM

    what an absolute a**hole

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    Nov 23rd 2012, 5:30 AM

    before I even clicked play, I new it would be black. Wake up, White man.

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