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Case No. 1248False imprisonment, assault causing harm · Co. Dublin · 26 Sep 2024

Woman tortured over false drug accusation at Henrietta House, Dublin 7

A 38-year-old woman was tortured and falsely imprisoned for three hours in a one-bedroom flat at Henrietta House, Dublin 7, on 26 September 2024, over a false accusation that she was responsible for a missing €90,000 batch of cocaine. Five of eight men pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and assault causing harm, and the case is at the sentencing stage at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court before Judge Pauline Codd.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Convicted25 Jul
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

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20 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe woman was tortured and falsely imprisoned over a false accusation about missing drugs. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatShe was kicked and punched. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatHer hair was cut off. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatShe was threatened with rape. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe men took running jumps at her during the assault. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThey threatened to make her drink ammonia. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThey threatened to rape her teenage daughter. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe assault ended when gardaí entered the flat with a search warrant. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe woman was left with a broken eye socket, broken cheekbone, broken nasal bone, broken elbow, burns, dislocated teeth, bruising and lacerations. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatShe required skin grafts, staples to her scalp, and surgery to remove a disc in her back. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatShe spent three weeks in hospital in the immediate aftermath. (irishtimes.com)
  • whereThe assault took place in a one-bedroom flat at Henrietta House, Dublin 7. (irishtimes.com)
  • weaponShe was beaten around the head and body with metal poles. (irishtimes.com)
  • weaponShe was burned with a makeshift blow torch and a heated hammer head. (irishtimes.com)
  • weaponShe was cut with a knife. (irishtimes.com)
  • chargeFive of the eight men entered guilty pleas to false imprisonment and assault causing harm. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtAnother man and a juvenile are still before the courts, and the eighth person is not before the courts. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherAll the men had between one and 124 previous convictions. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherAll the men were on bail at the time of the offence. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherPhone video footage showed the woman bloodied and distressed and a hammer being heated on a hob. (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

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  1. 25 Jul2025
    Convictedirishtimes.com, first report
    Woman tortured over false drug accusation will never forgive ‘sick’ men who attacked her

    Sentencing hearing details including victim impact statement, full description of injuries and methods of torture, background of the incident, previous convictions of each accused, and adjournment for mitigation.

    victim, 38, femaleconvicted, Mark Keogh, 33, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Keoghconvicted, Mark McMahon, 55, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark McMahonconvicted, Braxton Rice, 21, male, named, irish (judged from name)Braxton Riceconvicted, Sean Conroy, 21, male, named, irish (judged from name)Sean Conroyconvicted, Kian Walshe, 22, male, named, irish (judged from name)Kian Walshe