Man looking for party hit with hurley after approaching wrong house

A householder, fearing death threats, over-reacted when three men arrived at his home searching for an early-hours house party and he struck one of them in the head with a hurley and also assaulted a second man writes Liam Heylin .

William Hutchinson, aged 37, was at home at 23 Glenfield Avenue, Ballyvolane, when three men with the wrong directions had called to his house looking for a house party.