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Men arrested over Paul McCauley attack

Published Thursday, 28 July 2011

Two men have been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of Londonderry man Paul McCauley.

A 36 year-old and a 21 year-old were detained in Derry on Thursday morning.

Paul McCauley, 34, remains in a vegetative state after being attacked by a gang of loyalists at a BBQ he had been attending at a house on the Chapel Road in the Waterside area of the city on 15 July 2006.

In the early hours of that morning, a group of up to 15 people came from out of the bushes at the rear of the property and set upon Paul and two of his friends.

The latest suspects to be detained are being questioned at Strand Road PSNI station.

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Comments

5 Comments

Sean in Derry wrote (662 days ago):

Let me get this straight John, a young man is attending a bbq the night before he was to go away and teach in another country he is attacked by a group of Loyalists, left in a coma for the rest of his life unable to do anything, can’t communicate with his parents, girlfriend or daughter, the police make arrests and as far as you are concerned they are working to a sinn fein agenda. Is that what you are saying? By the way if you live in the city you should know the police did release cctv footage of young nationalists attacking the fountain before and I also would like proof of all these attacks you are speaking of I have been in foyleside and the town centre and have seen people wearing NI tops and a few Rangers tops and not 1 word has been said to them

Tomc in Belfast wrote (663 days ago):

John,you ignoramous when are people like you going to wise up and stop looking at things through religious or politically biased eyes? Eh? Wise up.

Petra in belfast wrote (663 days ago):

@John lol you must have been living on the dark side of the moon this past few month's.

John in Co.Armagh wrote (663 days ago):

When are the PSNI going to arrest nationalists who are guilty of attacking young protestants in the city centre or is this as always the PSNI working to a siin fein agenda.

stevie in derry wrote (663 days ago):

do the people who did this have no remorse. do the people who know them have no gut's to give them up..will the McCauley family ever see justice done for the injury caused to their son.. someone needs to answer for this attack but then the people of derry know all too well ot might never happen...