Family furious after acquittal of attempted murder in Oz

“I HOPE he rots in hell!”

Family furious after acquittal of attempted murder in Oz

The angry words of Tom Keohane, speaking of the man who beat his 29-year-old son, David, to within an inch of his life 18 months ago on a deserted street in Sydney, Australia.

For the past week the Keohane family had been hoping that a jury would find Thomas Isaako, 21, guilty of attempted murder. He and an accomplice, who had been drinking together, robbed and beat David, from Ballyvolane in Cork, leaving him for dead on the side of the road.

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