Patricia 'Pat' Muckian suffered serious head trauma, while her sister-in-law Mairead and niece Maria were also injured
A much-loved pensioner, 81, was fighting for her life in hospital last night after she was attacked with an ax during a tea to mark her sister-in-law's 75th birthday.
Patricia 'Pat' Muckian suffered serious head trauma, while her sister-in-law Mairead and niece Maria were also injured when a man known to the three carried out the attack.