An elderly woman was put in wheelie bin and battered in a shocking early-hours attack. Marie MacGowan, 86, was assaulted by Alex Bailey, 30, several times in a 42-minute period at around 2am on September 1, 2022.
Bailey was said to be experiencing induced psychosis due to his level of intoxication and was under “the delusional belief that the victim was a predatory paedophile”. He subjected Mrs McGowan to a number of attacks, including knocking her to the ground, putting her head first into a wheelie bin and applying pressure to the lid, reports the Irish Mirror.
As she tried to escape the predicament when the bin fell over, a court heard how Bailey punched her in the face and kicked her in the body.
