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Bradley Jolly

Pensioner put headfirst in wheelie bin and beaten by thug who 'thought she was paedophile'

A pensioner was put headfirst into a wheelie bin and repeatedly punched in a 42-minute ordeal by a thug who "thought she was a predatory paedophile".

Marie MacGowan, 86, feared for her life when Alex Bailey launched the attack amid an induced psychosis episode, caused due to his level of intoxication.

A court heard MacGowan had 24/7 specialist care for four months after the attack, which happened in a suburb in Dublin, Ireland, in September last year.

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