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Four arrested after man found beaten and naked in a wheelie bin

A person out walking a dog found the man and called an ambulance and police.

THREE MEN AND a woman were arrested after a man was found beaten and naked and sealed inside a wheelie bin.

The man is being treated in hospital for non-life threatening injuries sustained in the incident which happened in the Sentry Hill area of Ballymena, Co Antrim.

A person out walking a dog found the man and called an ambulance and police.

“At this time, I do not believe that there is a sectarian motive nor do I consider that it is paramilitary related. This incident has shocked local people,” said detective chief inspector, Tracey Mageean.

“Detectives have launched a full investigation” into the incident and “interviews of those arrested are taking place”.

PSNI are asking anyone who may have seen suspicious activity in the Doury Road, Dunclug or Dunvale areas of Ballymena yesterday afternoon to contact them.

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    Mute Rocky Dennis
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    Sep 4th 2013, 4:17 PM

    The file image of the wheelie bin really adds to the story.

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    Mute Little Jim
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    Sep 4th 2013, 4:33 PM

    Those bins are lurking, up to no good I’d say.

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    Mute MB
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    Sep 4th 2013, 4:51 PM

    Litter loiter!!!!

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    Mute Paul Radford
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    Sep 4th 2013, 5:04 PM

    File pic, that’s a strange name and is always on the scene of many crimes.

    Find who he is and you’ll find what wheelie bin going on

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    Mute Tom Dallas
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    Sep 4th 2013, 5:07 PM

    I concur it would be a truly meaningless story without the picture of the wheelie bin.

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    Mute Paul Radford
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    Sep 4th 2013, 5:32 PM

    What’s with the dodgy green hat on the taller bin. I don’t like the look of it.
    Bet you the guy was re-cycling past and got mugged. Green hat bin ate him and the other just bin taggin along

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    Mute Paul Horgan
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    Sep 4th 2013, 4:07 PM

    I bet there’s a hell of a story behind that

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    Mute Moe A. Ragel
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    Sep 4th 2013, 4:25 PM

    He wheelie shouldn’t have bin put there…

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    Mute Lee Jones
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    Sep 4th 2013, 4:39 PM

    its always a lad walking a dog should arrest him

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    Mute Tanya Espania
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    Sep 4th 2013, 5:07 PM

    Well at least it wasnt a passer by…..then he may never have been found! har har

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    Mute Lee Jones
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    Sep 4th 2013, 5:49 PM

    True

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    Mute Peace for All
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    Sep 4th 2013, 6:10 PM

    Not one comment so far condemning violence against a man , if it was one of us ladies there’d be Women’s Aid and Rape Crisis Centre opinion pieces by the truck load.

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    Mute Eoin O'Hagan
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    Sep 4th 2013, 4:34 PM

    They’ll probably find Wheelie Bin Laden is behind it .

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    Mute John Sheahan
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    Sep 4th 2013, 4:31 PM

    I’ve bin there.

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    Mute Steve Hardy
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    Sep 4th 2013, 4:19 PM

    I blame the bondholders

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    Mute Maggie Doyle
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    Sep 4th 2013, 6:00 PM

    Poor guy was beaten..compassion people!!!

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    Mute iPhone Warrior
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    Sep 4th 2013, 4:28 PM

    Rubbish….

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    Mute Andrew Nolan
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    Sep 4th 2013, 5:25 PM

    Oscar the Grouch?

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    Mute Will Too
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    Sep 4th 2013, 6:06 PM

    There’s good and bad bins in every town!

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    Mute aisling doyle
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    Sep 4th 2013, 5:21 PM

    Bet it was a stag night gone wrong ….,

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    Mute Noel Maguire
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    Sep 4th 2013, 6:18 PM

    how long had he BIN in there ….I think this story is a load of RUBBISH but if not its WHEELIE sad !!!!

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    Mute Montys Moonshine
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    Sep 4th 2013, 8:31 PM

    Jaysus

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    Mute Peter Murphy
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    Sep 4th 2013, 11:08 PM

    Could have been far more serious if the collection arrived on time

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    Mute Stephen Hartery
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    Sep 4th 2013, 5:18 PM

    Rubbish story.

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    Mute Sean Byrne
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    Sep 4th 2013, 8:19 PM

    Bin there,done that.

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    Mute Alison Corcoran
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    Sep 4th 2013, 4:30 PM

    Ahh what next ?

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    Mute Colm Kelly
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    Sep 5th 2013, 5:07 AM

    Wow…not nice people

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    Mute Leon Taylor
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    Sep 4th 2013, 7:49 PM

    I feel wheelie sorry for that poor guy.

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    Sep 4th 2013, 4:16 PM

    Would like to see the camera footage too !!

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    Sep 4th 2013, 6:22 PM

    Cock and bull story

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    Mute Joe Mac
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    Sep 4th 2013, 6:22 PM

    Cock and bull story

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    Sep 4th 2013, 10:51 PM

    So shit he said it twice.

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    Mute Stephen
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    Sep 5th 2013, 3:29 PM

    Has he wheelie bin in a wheelie bin?

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