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| Man beaten and left naked in wheeled bin in Ballymena | |
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| A young man has been found beaten and naked in a taped-up domestic, wheeled bin in Ballymena, County Antrim. | A young man has been found beaten and naked in a taped-up domestic, wheeled bin in Ballymena, County Antrim. |
| Police said they were investigating an incident near Sentry Hill on Tuesday. | Police said they were investigating an incident near Sentry Hill on Tuesday. |
| The victim was discovered by a man out walking his dog. It is understood the lid of the bin had been taped shut and there may have been attempts to set it on fire. | |
| The man, thought to be in his 20s, has multiple injuries including a suspected broken arm and leg. | |
| He was taken to Antrim Area Hospital by ambulance where his condition is described as stable. | He was taken to Antrim Area Hospital by ambulance where his condition is described as stable. |
| It is not clear where the attack took place. | It is not clear where the attack took place. |
| BBC Northern Ireland reporter Ita Dungan said she spoke to the wife of the man who found the victim in a paper recycling bin. | |
| "Their dog started to bark in quite an unusual way. So her husband made his way down a sloped area, covered in nettles. At the bottom of the slope this gentleman found a bin that had been taped up," she said. | |
| "The bin was on its side. It was wedged under a tree so that the lid couldn't be opened. | |
| "When he opened the bin, inside was a person who was absolutely drenched in sweat. He appeared to be very dehydrated." | |
| Assembly member Paul Frew, DUP, said police had told him the incident did not happen in the park, but the victim was later brought there. |