Man charged in McShane attack supports arsonist sister

A MAN charged with the attempted murder of a young Irish student has written a “character letter” in support of his sister facing 50 years in prison for a near fatal arson attack that left two young girls disfigured for life.

Heriberto Viramontes is being held in prison on charges connected to an attack that left 23-year-old UCD masters student Natasha McShane in a coma and fighting for her life.

But his incarceration did not stop him writing a letter to a federal court praising his half sister Margarita Gonzalez, who has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a Chicago apartment where the two children and their mother were sleeping.