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04/04/2003
Second man in court over hammer attack
A second man is due to appear in court today charged with the attempted murder of a man in his south Belfast home last month.
The 18-year-old Belfast youth is also accused of causing grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary and driving away a car after 54-year-old Maurice McCracken was attacked with a hammer at his Balmoral home in March.
Mr McCracken suffered serious head injuries when a gang of four men attacked him while he lay asleep in his Strangford Avenue home with his wife.
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The 18-year-old Belfast youth is also accused of causing grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary and driving away a car after 54-year-old Maurice McCracken was attacked with a hammer at his Balmoral home in March.
Mr McCracken suffered serious head injuries when a gang of four men attacked him while he lay asleep in his Strangford Avenue home with his wife.
(MB)
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