Woman tells gardaí she was 'kidnapped, tied up, struck with bars and burned' in Tallaght last week
Three individuals have been charged in Dublin following a violent 13-hour ordeal involving the kidnapping and torture of a woman. The suspects appeared in court after a garda investigation into the incident, which allegedly stemmed from a personal dispute.
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TWO MEN AND a woman have been charged after a woman reported she was “tortured”, beaten and burned during a 13-hour violent ordeal in Dublin last week.
Paul Walsh (39), Sarahanne Smith (36) and 44-year-old James Colton, all from Tallaght, appeared before Judge Treasa Kelly at Dublin District Court on Wednesday.
It follows a garda investigation into a woman’s complaint that she was bound and placed in a car boot, attacked, gagged, drugged and had her hair shaved, after the incident commenced in the early hours of 7 October.
All three defendants were charged with false imprisonment of the complainant at Colton’s home, at Fortunestown Close.
However, Mr Walsh and Ms Smith face additional charges of assault causing harm and production of various articles as weapons during the alleged incident.
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