In the US, a man faces a sentence of up to 120 years for the attempted murder of Irish woman Natasha McShane.
The 27 year old from Armagh was brutally attacked in Chicago in April 2010, and was left unable to walk and barely able to talk.
Last night 34 year old Heriberto Viramontes was last night found guilty of attacking Natasha and her friend Stacy Jurich
State attorney Anita Alvarez read a statement outside court on behalf of the McShane family: