Raiders apologise after beating wrong man

FOUR masked men, one armed with a handgun, burst into a house and started beating up the occupant — then apologised after realising they had the wrong man.

But the raiders, after locking the unfortunate victim in the bathroom, still stole his mobile phone and other personal items before fleeing the house in Skerries, north Co Dublin.

Gardaí believe the attack by the four-man gang on Thursday night, who also had other weapons, was drugs-related.