A 79-year-old grandmother who suffered fractures to her pelvis and broken ribs after being mugged has branded her attacker as "scum" and said he took away her independence. At the time of the attack, Duggan was free to walk the streets despite having amassed 31 convictions for theft alone. Marie, who is just 5ft 2 inches tall, was robbed outside her own home in Cork after coming from a visit with her dying brother. Marie’s injuries were so bad that she would spend a number of months in hospital and would miss her brother’s funeral. “He already had 31 previous convictions, so why was he free to do this to me in the first place?

Source: Irish Independent June 04, 2019 11:26 UTC