Jonathan Dowdall jailed 12 years for false imprisonment

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Jonathan Dowdall was jailed for 12 years for false imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court, in an outcome reported on 1 June 2017. The offence occurred at an address on Navan Road, Dublin 7, on 15 January 2015. Dowdall also received a concurrent four-year sentence for threatening to kill Anthony Hurley. The court heard that Hurley was detained without his consent and subjected to physical and mental torture. Dowdall’s father, Patrick Dowdall, was sentenced to eight years for his role in the same incident. All sentences were backdated to 17 May 2016.