Mum shot in Dublin home hits out at men who left her paralysed vowing to 'not let the scumbags win'
Gun victim Sinead Connolly has hit out at the men who left her paralysed declaring: “They are scumbags.”
She said having a Baclofen Pump fitted, which would stop her body from going into spasm and a Mitrofanoff tube fitted which would allow her to go to the toilet on her own, would give her a new lease of life. The young mother said she also wants to train to be a counsellor so she can help other women who have been victims of violence.
“After I was shot I wasn’t able to eat, speak or drink. My family was told I only had an eight per cent chance of survival. “I was just thinking about Leah and my four friends, I was hoping nobody would open the door into the room they were in because if they did I believe Dean would have shot them too.
And speaking of Dean McCarthy, who pleaded guilty to attempted murder, Sinead said he had threatened to kill her before the shooting a handful of times. She added: “I would be after cleaning the windows and he would spit phlegm at them. He would look in the window too.