On 7 February 1997 three men wearing balaclavas entered his home in north Belfast, Northern Ireland, and beat him with baseball bats with spikes driven through them.
ˌɔn sˈɛvən fˈɛbɹuːˌɛɹi nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən θɹˈiː mˈɛn wˈɛɹɪŋ bˌælɐklˈɑːvəz ˈɛntɚd hɪz hˈoʊm ɪn nˈɔːɹθ bˈɛlfæst, nˈɔːɹðɚn ˈaɪɚlənd, ænd bˈiːt hˌɪm wɪð bˈeɪsbɔːl bˈæts wɪð spˈaɪks dɹˈɪvən θɹˈuː ðˌɛm.