Witness Claims Second Migrant Was Involved in ‘Beheading’ Attack; Victim Was Helping Them Move Into the Area

Testimony from a local witness claims that the victim of Monday’s horrific migrant attack in Belfast is a vulnerable special needs man who had extended kindness to newcomers only to be repaid with savage violence.

A resident speaking on camera near the scene has provided the clearest public account yet of the barbaric knife attack that left a local man fighting for his life. The woman, filmed in the Rathcoole area, describes the victim as someone she had known for years.

She claims that the man is special needs, hard of hearing, and already struggled with daily life. She then relates how two migrants had only moved into nearby accommodation four days earlier. The man, known locally as kind and helpful, offered assistance as they settled in. The witness claims that the pair then later jumped him, and that one of them is still on the loose.

She details how the assault left the victim with catastrophic injuries. His nose was cut, his eyes were gouged or severely damaged to the point of blindness in at least one eye, and he now faces an uncertain future after intensive care.

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Court proceedings later confirmed the victim, named as Stephen Ogilvie in his 40s, lost his left eye, suffered severe damage to his right eye, deep cuts to his face, and lacerations to his back after repeated stabbings by the Sudanese asylum seeker.

Footage of the incident showed the attacker attempting to literally saw off the victim’s head during the street assault.

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