Abducted man made dash for freedom, court hears

The son of a Limerick postmistress made a dramatic dash for freedom through open countryside after being abducted from his home at gunpoint, a court heard.

Stephen Cusack, 19, told a trial at Limerick Circuit Court he picked out a man in an identity parade at Henry Street Garda Station as being one of the three men who abducted him.

Zachary Coughlan Ryan, aged 34, of Brennan’s Row, Catherine Place, Limerick, has pleaded not guilty to falsely imprisoning Mr Cusack and Niall Reddan at a house in Caisleann na hAbhainn estate, Castletroy, on April 19/20, 2012.