[Red Moon]

[quote]

Yobs give me Big Bother

NEW housemate Seány O’Kane was brutally beaten up after starring on a Northern Ireland version of Big Brother.

Charity worker Seány, 25, was attacked in his home city of Londonderry by a mob who wanted to end his television career.

Sean — who is believed to be gay — ended up with a haemorrhaged eye after the yobs kicked him mercilessly.

Seány said: “They kicked me in the face and one said, ‘That will put an end to your career’. I couldn’t see out of my left eye. I couldn’t believe anyone would attack me just because I was on TV.”

The assault came after Seány, then aged 20, took part in a TV experiment for ITV1’s Tonight show in May 2002.

He was one of four Catholics filmed spending a week with four Protestants on the Isle of Man — and met host Sir Trevor McDonald.

Seány’s uncle, drug-dealer Christopher O’Kane, was shot dead by the IRA in 2001.

Seány now lives in Manchester and has a new long-haired look.

He describes himself as having big hair and big attitude and hopes to one day live in a TREE in the Lake District.

He also admits that he loves Girls Aloud and says that his dream job would be inventing and testing toys.[/qutoe]
Source: The Sun

[Mrluvaluva]

Pure jealousy is all these idiots had. Fancy attacking someone for no reason? Unless there was something behind it? But no excuse for violence.

[Ruth*Star]

He wants to live in a tree! i'm sure he can aford it anyways no matter that hes done who doesn't deserve to be beaten up.

[Slartibartfast]

Originally posted by Red Moon
Seány’s uncle, drug-dealer Christopher O’Kane, was shot dead by the IRA in 2001.

Source: The Sun

I didn't know that Seany was related to Chris O'Kane, but this article just shows how friggin poor the research and journalism is in the Sun and similar papers.

The case of O'Kane was quite well known at the time. There was no concrete evidence that he was a drug-dealer (police had suspicions but never convicted) and there was no real evidence that the IRA shot him (testimony from a police officer about 4/5 years after he was shot that the gun used to kill him may have been a PIRA gun but his testimony was strongly doubted due to the time that he decided to come forward with this information as it was around the time of the St. Andrews Agreement).

Yet the Sun just reports it as if it's fact.

[lily.]

Typical media spin Slartibartfast. Thanks for the real info.

[seanysbaby]

seany didnt deserve to be beaten up no one does