A man has appeared in court charged with murder following a ``brutal, sectarian'' attack which left a victim in a vegetative state for years.
38 year old Paul McCauley spent almost a decade in care after he was attacked by loyalists at a barbecue in the Waterside area of Derry in July 2006.
He died in a home last month.
24 year old Piper John McClements, from the Fountain Estate area of the city, was granted bail at Derry Magistrates' Court today.
District judge John Meehan said: ``This is a matter of acute public concern, one of the most brutal, sectarian attacks in a long catalogue.''
