'If the cancer doesn't kill you, I will kill you': Cancer patient says thief attacked him because he knew he was weak

The 61-year old cancer patient subjected to a terrifying 40-minute long ordeal where he was battered around the head and body with a baseball bat has said that he was targeted by his attacker because he knew he was weak with his cancer.

Speaking outside Ennis Circuit Court after details were heard of the brutal and frenzied assault perpetrated by Jason Burke (21) on James Delaney at his Shannon home last July, Mr Delaney said: “I feared for my life. At times I thought that was it, that it was over.”