Mark Allen jailed for falsely imprisoning Ciarán Noonan

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Mark Allen was jailed for nine years for falsely imprisoning Ciarán Noonan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 16 December 2014. Allen had pleaded guilty to falsely imprisoning Noonan in Dublin on 20 October 2011.

Noonan’s body was found in a field two weeks after his abduction. The prosecution said Allen was not charged with Noonan’s death, while the judge described the imprisonment as an extremely serious offence.