Critically ill assault victim had heart attack after his ordeal

A MIDDLE-AGED man subjected to a late night assault in Dublin was critically ill in hospital yesterday when he suffered a heart attack after his ordeal.

The man, in his 40s and from the Coolock area of the north city, was discovered in a serious condition lying on the ground near the Greendale Shopping Centre in nearby Kilbarrack at 1.35am yesterday morning.

An ambulance was called to the scene but gardaí who also attended received information that the victim had been attacked a short time earlier. He had suffered severe head injuries and was taken to Beaumont Hospital.