Disabled man tied up and set on fire in his living room says he’s too afraid to stay in house

By Q Radio News

A disabled man who was tied up, robbed, and had his leg set on fire in his Strabane home says he wants to move - because he no longer feels safe.

47 year-old Mickey Diver was attacked by two men in his Springhill home on Saturday night. 

He says his attackers tried to burn his bungalow down and set fire to his trousers while he was tied up.

Police have charged one man in connection with the incident.

Mickey told Q Radio he is terrified:

Mickey says he was shaken and traumatised by the attack.

"I was sitting watching TV on Saturday night and these boys broke the back window and climbed through," he said.

"They just attacked me for nothing. "They grabbed me, took me into the bedroom, sat me on a chair and then tied my hands behind my back."

"They tied me with cable ties and it cut through my skin"

"They made me sit like that for two hours while they wrecked my house."

"They set fire to pictures on the wall and also set my sofa alight."

"Mickey said they wrecked his bathroom and other parts of the house".

"They were setting fire to everything and they pulled the smoke alarm off the roof," he said.

"They were trying to burn my bungalow down. "Then they came in to me.

"They came in and hit me a hard punch in the head, I've a big cut there."

Then they lit my tracksuit bottoms while I was tied to the chair. "I couldn't get away and my trousers were on fire

"Have you ever been held down, tied up and set on fire? It was terrifying. I couldn't escape. "I can hardly walk, I use a zimmer frame. I couldn't get up and run," he said.