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Three charged with attempted murder after man found naked and beaten in bin

Those charged are two 26-year-old men and a 20-year-old woman. Another person has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.

THREE PEOPLE HAVE been charged with attempted murder and false imprisonment and remanded in custody to appear before Ballymena Magistrate’s court today.

The charges comes after a man found beaten and naked and sealed inside a wheelie bin yesterday.

The man was treated in hospital for non-life threatening injuries sustained in the incident which happened in the Sentry Hill area of Ballymena, Co Antrim.

A person out walking a dog found the man and called an ambulance and police.

Those charged are two 26-year-old men and a 20-year-old woman. Another person has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.

Four arrested after man found beaten and naked in a wheelie bin>