Five men jailed for torturing and falsely imprisoning Natalie Ennis

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Five men have been jailed for torturing and falsely imprisoning Natalie Ennis in a Dublin flat over a false accusation about missing drugs. Judge Pauline Codd imposed prison terms ranging from eight-and-a-half to 14 years after the men pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and assault causing harm.

Braxton Rice received 14 years, Mark McMahon 12 years, Mark Keogh nine years, Sean Conroy 12 years and Kian Walshe an effective eight-and-a-half years. Rice’s sentence was 15 years with one year suspended; Conroy’s was 13 years with the final year suspended; Walshe’s was 11 years with two-and-a-half years suspended.

The judge described the attack as prolonged, pre-planned and involving disturbing methods of torture. Ennis was beaten, burned and cut during a three-hour ordeal, and suffered fractures, burns and other injuries. Gardaí ended the assault when they entered the flat.