A man has been sentenced to 90 years in prison for attacking an Irish student and her friend with a baseball bat in Chicago.

A MAN charged with the attempted murder of a young Irish student has written a “character letter” in support of his sister facing 50 years in prison for a near fatal arson attack that left two young girls disfigured for life.

A YOUNG Irish student beaten in a vicious attack in Chicago has started to say words and smile to family and friends, her father said yesterday.

Irish student Natasha McShane, who suffered serious head injuries after she was attacked by a mugger in Chicago last month, is out of a coma.

Chicago police have charged a man and a woman over a baseball bat attack which left a Co Armagh student critically injured.