Community service for men who abducted addict

Two men have been given community service for their role in abducting a recovering addict, driving him around the Dublin Mountains and threatening him over his friend’s alleged debt.

Ibrahim Moradi, aged 23, of Birchwood Heights, and Adnan Mohamad-zadeh, aged 24, of Belgard Square, both in Tallaght, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to falsely imprisoning Roman Bobowicz on June 25, 2012.

Moradi yesterday handed over €1,500 and Mohamadzadeh handed over €2,000 compensation in court for their victim. Both men also offered an apology to their victim.

A co-accused, Jalal Moradi, aged 24, of Pinelawn, Old Bawn, was sentenced in July.

The court heard that Mr Bobowicz was falsely imprisoned by the men for up to eight hours, during which time they threatened to cut him up and burn his body if they did not get the €2,000 they were owed.

Judge Mary Ellen Ring yesterday ordered Moradi and Mohamad-zadeh to also perform 220 hours community service in lieu of a two-and-a-half-year sentence.

Garda Martina Drew told Gerardine Small, prosecuting, that Mr Bobowicz had gone to collect his methadone from the chemist in Blanchardstown Village at about 5pm. When he came out of the shop, he saw three men from Iraq or Iran that he knew through a mutual friend.

The men told him to jump in their car and said they had something to do but that they would drop him home later. They drove up to the Dublin Mountains, where he was threatened with knives.

They said, “Stupid Romanian gypsy, we want our fucking money”, and threatened to cut him up. They gave him a phone and told him to ring his friend to get €2,000 from him.

At about 8pm, Moradi was dropped off in Blessington. The three men were later arrested and made full admissions.