Inquest finds homeless man died after being burnt

A HOMELESS man died days after he was set alight on a Dublin Street, an inquest heard tonight.

Inquest finds homeless man died after being burnt

A woman, who knew 52-year-old Anthony Gill, said she noticed he had no shoes on his feet as she went to work in Westland Row in Dublin’s south city centre in September last year.

“He told me a fellow he was with poured petrol on his legs and stole his shoes,” Pauline Brennan said, adding he was very upset about it and looked ill.

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