Grandad who was 'brawn' in violent gang who claimed to be dissidents is jailed

A man has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for his role in a violent extortion attack on a Mayo businessman in County Louth in 2017. Anthony Finglas, aged 49, pleaded guilty to demanding money with menaces from the victim at Cornamucklagh, Omeath, on December 2, 2017. The court heard that the businessman was lured to the location under false pretences, then attacked with iron bars by multiple assailants who…