A man who slit a woman’s throat and left her to die wrote a bizarre apology to her on the wall of his cell - in his own blood.
The thug, who cannot be named because he was underage when he committed the horror offence, was rushed to medical care after harming himself in his cell in Dublin’s Wheatfield Prison last week.
The now 20 year old, who left his victim Stephanie Ng to die on the beach of Dun Laoghaire in 2017, smeared the words “Sorry Stephanie” onto the wall of his cell using his own blood during the incident in prison last Wednesday.
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The prisoner, who is serving an 11 year sentence for the horror assault, was given medical treatment that has now ultimately saved his life. Sources say he had severe self inflicted injuries and there were concerns for his life last Wednesday.
Now sources say the prisoner is back in his cell in Wheatfield Prison, where he is under close medical supervision. He is also understood to now be under assessment for a potential transfer to the Central Mental Hospital following this incident.
He pleaded guilty for the attempted murder and was sentenced in November 2019. It was to be reviewed in January 2023. However the court of appeal later ruled that a review should not take place for a further two years.
He has been in custody since December 2017, after he lured Ms Ng to an isolated area at the Sea Front, Queen's Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Then 15, he met his 25-year-old victim on the Whisper social media app, where he had pretended to be 19.
He tried to kill Ms Ng during their first face-to-face meeting on December 23, 2017. He suggested they take a selfie by the water's edge in Dun Laoghaire before he grabbed her from behind and choked her to unconsciousness before slashing her neck with a knife.
Speaking exclusively in 2020, Stephanie Ng showed us her scars on her wrist and neck, which she said serve as a painful and constant reminder of the ordeal. “It will always be with me because I have the scars,” Stephanie told us.
“I don’t know what to say because it’s out of my hands really. “(But) I mean it will always be with me because I have the scars. So it’s not like it can change anything,” she told us.
“I don’t think there will be justice on both sides because it’s quite sad on both sides to be honest.” And Stephanie, who had her throat cut by the then 15 year old who had lied about his age to meet her for a date in 2017, also told us how she now finds it hard to trust people - and she goes outside less often.
“I just don’t go out as much or I’m careful who I’m with. I mean I just hang out with my own friends. So I’d just say to people just be careful,” she said, in a message to young women across Ireland.
The brave young woman, who thankfully made a full recovery, despite being left for dead by her attacker, added that she’s now just trying to move on with her life.
“I’m just looking forward. I’m just trying to get on with my life now. I just have to look forward,” she said.
But she said that the physical damage she’s suffered as a result of the attack serves as a painful reminder of the horrific ordeal she went through.
“Even my hand, my thumb is still numb. So even if I don’t look at myself I can still feel it. But I just have go get on with my life and I can only look forward now,” she said."
