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10/05/2010
US Student Regains Consciousness
There was good news from the USA this week as Co Armagh student, Natasha McShane came out of her coma.
The 23-year-old Silverbridge woman was badly beaten in a baseball attack in America last month and had been in a drug induced coma in intensive care after she was hit on the back of the head in Chicago last month.
Natasha and her friend were targeted for robbery as they walked home following a night out in the city.
Stacy Jurich and Natasha were attacked with an aluminium bat and robbed as they made their way home from a night out on 23 April with Natasha struck over the head several times.
Heriberto Viramontes, 30, and his girlfriend Marcy Cruz, 25, have both been charged with aggravated battery and armed robbery.
Natasha has been studying urban planning at the University of Illinois in Chicago as part of an exchange programme.
See: Student Critical After Brutal US Mugging
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The 23-year-old Silverbridge woman was badly beaten in a baseball attack in America last month and had been in a drug induced coma in intensive care after she was hit on the back of the head in Chicago last month.
Natasha and her friend were targeted for robbery as they walked home following a night out in the city.
Stacy Jurich and Natasha were attacked with an aluminium bat and robbed as they made their way home from a night out on 23 April with Natasha struck over the head several times.
Heriberto Viramontes, 30, and his girlfriend Marcy Cruz, 25, have both been charged with aggravated battery and armed robbery.
Natasha has been studying urban planning at the University of Illinois in Chicago as part of an exchange programme.
See: Student Critical After Brutal US Mugging
(BMcC/GK)
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