Declan Duffy jailed for false imprisonment in Dublin

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Declan Duffy was jailed for six years for falsely imprisoning Martin Byrne at the Special Criminal Court, reported on 30 January 2018. The offence happened in Saggart, County Dublin, on 9 June 2015, when Byrne and his family were told to leave their home. Duffy also admitted assaulting John Roche at the same location on that date.

The report said Duffy and Christopher Maguire had pleaded guilty. Maguire received a three-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to falsely imprisoning Lisa Byrne at the Towers on 9 June 2015. The court was told that seven men had been involved in intimidating Martin Byrne and forcing him to leave his home.