Chloe McPolin

Yeah.

So I suppose an incident happened in July 2023 that kind of turned your world upside down.

Can you just tell us about what happened on that day?

And the individual responsible for this assault, we obviously know, is Christopher O'Neill.

Did Martin know Christopher O'Neill at all or was it?

And Christopher O'Neill was arrested in December 2023.

It obviously took a very long time to reach a guilty plea, kind of the 11th hour.

What was that period like for you and your family?

I can only imagine the trauma.

Totally.

And what was Christopher O'Neill's behaviour like in court?

I think you read.

Yeah.

He wasn't very...

And we obviously know Christopher O'Neill had other convictions as well prior to this attack on Martin, like the senseless attack.

So a very, very violent individual who obviously seemed to show like no remorse.

But what was it like to hear he had gotten six years for this attack on Martin?

Yeah.

For someone who's unfamiliar with that remission process, could you kind of explain what that is exactly?

And the judge said this was a very serious crime against Martin, but that it didn't seem there was the intention to kill Martin.