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Four-day 'reign of terror' saw teen attacked, falsely imprisoned and sexually assaulted
Summary
A 19-year-old was subjected to a four-day ordeal of assault, false imprisonment and sexual abuse at a house in County Cavan between October 17th and 20th, 2019, the Central Criminal Court heard. The main male accused, aged 27, developed an irrational belief that the victim had informed gardaí about him following their joint arrest for drug possession in Dublin. Based on this misconception, he subjected the victim to sustained violence, stabbing him with knives, cutting a crescent shape into his face, and sexually assaulting him. A female co-accused carved the numbers 666 into the victim's forehead, while her twin brother struck the victim with a wrench and dumbbell. Material from the incident was uploaded to Snapchat, enabling the victim's family to locate and rescue him. The main accused pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault, assault causing serious harm, false imprisonment, threats to kill, assault causing harm and robbery. He was sentenced to eleven years imprisonment with the final two years suspended. His female co-accused received four years imprisonment with three years and three months suspended.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Four-day 'reign of terror' saw teen attacked, falsely imprisoned and sexually assaulted. Charges or matters: aggravated sexual assault, assault causing serious harm, false imprisonment, making threats to kill, assault causing harm and robbery, all at a location in Co Cavan between October 17 & October 20, 2019; false imprisonment and two counts of assault causing harm, while the female twin pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and assault causing harm, all offences at the same location in Co Cavan during the same period. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- October 17 Incident
- October 20, 2019 Incident
- October 2019 Other
- October 17, 2019 Incident
- October 20 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2021-07-29 Publication
Case subjects
Accused
Charges: aggravated sexual assault, assault causing serious harm, false imprisonment, making threats to kill, assault causing harm and robbery, all at a location in Co Cavan between October 17 & October 20, 2019; false imprisonment and two counts of assault causing harm, while the female twin pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and assault causing harm, all offences at the same location in Co Cavan during the same period (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: The female twin was sentenced last May to four years imprisonment with the final three years and three months suspended. Mr Justice White sentenced the main male accused to 11 years imprisonment, but suspended the final two years of the sentence on strict conditions including that he will follow all directions of the Probation Service for two years post release.
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Topics
Drugs Stage Sentence Theft Violent Crime
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