Homeless Ukrainian loses both legs due to frostbite

A 23-year-old Ukrainian woman has had both her legs amputated after suffering frostbite while sleeping rough in Belfast.

Homeless Ukrainian loses both legs due to frostbite

A 23-year-old Ukrainian woman has had both her legs amputated after suffering frostbite while sleeping rough in Belfast.

The woman had been forced to leave her home in Ballymoney, Co Antrim, after being laid off by a meat processing plant just before Christmas.

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