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Victim stands by his racial abuse story
Irish Daily Star
|October 17, 2025
A MAN who was assaulted during an attack in which his friend was beaten to death has denied he made up a story about being racially abused because he “wanted someone to pay” for what happened.
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David Druzinec, 29, was yesterday cross-examined on his evidence about the assault in which his friend Josip Strok, 31, lost his life.
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