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Judge hits out at 'degrading' waterboarding of victim as she jails ex-SF councillor Jonathan Dowdall
Judge hits out at 'degrading' waterboarding of victim as she jails ex-SF councillor Jonathan Dowdall

A former Sinn Féin councillor who physically and mentally tortured a man he believed was trying to defraud him has been jailed for 12 years by the Special Criminal Court.

Thu, 01 Jun, 2017

Court finds former Sinn Féin Councillor threatened waterboarding victim with IRA claims
Court finds former Sinn Féin Councillor threatened waterboarding victim with IRA claims

The Special Criminal Court has accepted allegations that a former Sinn Féin Councillor claimed he was in the IRA and threatened the family of a man he had falsely imprisoned and waterboarded.

Wed, 31 May, 2017

Court hears Sinn Féin councillor who waterboarded man was no friend of Gerry Adams
Court hears Sinn Féin councillor who waterboarded man was no friend of Gerry Adams

A former Sinn Féin councillor who waterboarded and threatened to kill a man who he believed was trying to defraud him was not a friend of Sinn Féin TDs Mary Lou Mc Donald and Gerry Adams, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

Fri, 19 May, 2017

‘Petrified; I thought I was being drowned’
‘Petrified; I thought I was being drowned’

A former Sinn Féin councillor waterboarded and threatened to kill a man who he believed was trying to defraud him, the Special Criminal Court heard yesterday.

Sat, 29 Apr, 2017

Former SF Councillor and father admit falsely imprisoning and threatening to kill man
Former SF Councillor and father admit falsely imprisoning and threatening to kill man

A former Sinn Féin Councillor and his father have pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin to falsely imprisoning and threatening to kill another man.

Mon, 27 Mar, 2017

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