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A would-be murder victim survived an attempt on his life through a miraculous piece of medical luck when his gunshot wounds formed an abnormal connection between an artery and a vein, stopping him from bleeding out.
At the sentencing hearing today of getaway driver Alan Graham (49) the Central Criminal Court heard how Lee Boylan sustained three gunshot wounds to his shoulder and neck as he sat in his van in broad daylight in a highly populated area in west Dublin.
The court heard the then 24-year-old would have bled to death if his carotid artery and jugular vein had not joined in a arteriovenous fistula , an abnormal connection between an artery and a vein that stopped the bleeding.
The victim of a murder bid by a criminal organisation only survived through a miraculous piece of medical luck when his gunshot wounds formed an abnormal connection between an artery and a vein that stopped him from bleeding out, the Central Criminal Court heard today.
The court heard during today s sentence hearing of getaway driver Alan Graham (49) that Lee Boylan sustained three gunshot wounds to his shoulder and neck as he sat in his van in broad daylight in a highly populated area in west Dublin
The court was told today that it was a miraculous piece of medical luck that the then 24-year-old survived and he would have bled to death if his carotid artery and jugular vein had not joined in a arteriovenous fistula , an abnormal connection between an artery and a vein that stopped the bleeding.
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