Limerick hammer attacker admitted he 'just lost it' with victim

Man struck four times on the head with hammer during aggravated burglary at his home told court he had 'never seen such 'savagery, brutality, and inhumanity from another human being'

Victim feared he 'might have brain injury' after assault. Picture: iStock

A man who was struck four times on the head with a hammer during an aggravated burglary at his home told a court he had “never seen” such “savagery, brutality, and inhumanity from another human being”.

The victim awoke to find two male intruders in his home in Limerick city on the night of March 7 this year.