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23/05/2014
Natasha McShane's Attacker Jailed
A 35-year-old man who brutally assaulted Irish student Natasha McShane with a baseball bat in Chicago has been jailed for 90 years.
Heriberto Viramontes was sentenced at the city's Cook County Court and was convicted last October.
Natasha, 27, from Silverbridge in Co Armagh was with her American friend Stacy Jurich whey they were both attacked by Viramontes in a violent robbery four years ago.
The attack left her wheelchair bound and she needs around-the-clock care.
Natasha's mother said: "Natasha is still alive but it feels as if we lost her and that's a scar that will never heal.
"As her parents, we feel as if we are rearing our 27-year-old daughter all over again."
(CD/MH)
Heriberto Viramontes was sentenced at the city's Cook County Court and was convicted last October.
Natasha, 27, from Silverbridge in Co Armagh was with her American friend Stacy Jurich whey they were both attacked by Viramontes in a violent robbery four years ago.
The attack left her wheelchair bound and she needs around-the-clock care.
Natasha's mother said: "Natasha is still alive but it feels as if we lost her and that's a scar that will never heal.
"As her parents, we feel as if we are rearing our 27-year-old daughter all over again."
(CD/MH)
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