Jonathan Dowdall remanded over false imprisonment charge

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Jonathan Dowdall was charged with false imprisonment and remanded in custody at the Special Criminal Court on 27 July 2016. The charge was linked to an alleged incident on Navan Road, Dublin 7, involving Alexander Hurley. Dowdall also faced charges of assault causing harm and threatening to kill, while his father Patrick Dowdall faced the same charges.

Books of evidence were handed to both men, and the court listed their cases for mention on 7 October 2016. Both men consented to the State’s application for custody until that date.