A Catholic teenager was left for dead in a bin after a sectarian attack in a loyalist area of South Belfast
James Turley was working as an extra on "The Good Man" in the Village area of the city when he was attacked last Friday.
The 18-year-old said that during the assault one of his attackers said: "That's enough. I think he's dead."
Mr. Turley and four friends were confronted by a group of men as the production team finished filming a scene of the drama which stars Irish actor Aidan Gillen, who also starred in the hit television series "The Wire."
The gang surrounded and attacked their car. Mr. Turley, from the Short Strand area of the city, ran from the scene, but was caught.
He told the Irish News that at one stage he tried to hide in a nearby house, calling on the resident: "Please help me. They're going to kill me."
However, the gang chased him into the home.
"They all just came in and started beating me," he said.
"They stamped on my head and everywhere. The woman said: 'Get him out of my garden' and they dragged me out into the alley.
"They just started beating me again. They put me in a bin and were pushing me somewhere. I didn't know where I was going, when I got put in the bin I thought that was it."
Mr. Turley was eventually knocked unconscious, but when he started to come round he heard one of his attackers saying: "That's enough. I think he's dead."
He managed to flag down a passing motorist who drove him to the Royal Victoria Hospital, less than a mile away.
His mother Donna, whose husband Frank was murdered in 1998, said she thought her son had been killed.
She said: "It's like deja vu. I can't remember getting to the hospital. I just kept thinking: 'Please, please, just let him hang on for me'."
