Main pic: Charles Dooher and his mother, Annmarie.
The mother of a young Lifford man who was beaten to within an inch of his life in an attempted murder bid says he is now showing ‘amazing positive signs’.
Annmarie Dooher took to social media last night to give an update on her son, Charles (26), who was beaten by five masked men armed with iron batons at his home on the Coneyburrow Road on Monday, January 20th.
He was airlifted to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast where he remains fighting for his life with catastrophic head injuries.
However, Ms Dooher said he is showing signs of recovery and thanked everyone for their prayers.
“Your prayers are working. Charles is beginning to show some amazing positive signs,” she wrote.
“We are going to share Chas progress on Friday with everyone when he gets his tests, exams and treatment completed and when we know more about what the future will look like for Chas, and us as family.”
She continued: “Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts, we are beyond grateful. Please continue to pray for my son Charels Dooher.”
Charles’ father, also Charles, was badly injured in the attack and was treated for his injuries in Letterkenny University Hospital. Two men were arrested by the PSNI in Derry last month in relation to the incident, but were released on bail.
Gardaí were treating the incident as an ‘aggravated burglary’. However, following a meeting with the Dooher family and their solicitor, it has now been upgraded to an attempted murder inquiry.
They have renewed their appeal for any witnesses to this incident to come forward.
They are particularly anxious to speak to any persons who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) of a silver/grey Peugeot 3008 (2009-2013 model) in the Coneyburrow Road area of Lifford between 10am and 11am on 20th January to make this footage available to investigating Gardaí.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Letterkenny Garda Station on 074 9167100, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.
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