Uncle of assault victim left in coma appeals for information

The uncle of 18-year-old Kym Owens has described how her family’s life “has come to a standstill” following the vicious assault, which has left her in an induced coma since November.

Ms Owens was attacked at the entrance to the Moyglare Abbey Estate in Maynooth in Kildare after travelling from her hometown near Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, on a private bus on November 20.

She suffered a broken jaw, a fractured eye socket and lost several teeth in the assault which has left her in an induced coma in Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown