Man jailed for six years after torturing teen

A man has been jailed for six years after he tied a 14-year-old boy to a radiator, threw boiling water down his trousers, and removed skin from his knees, knuckles, and fingertips with a cheese grater.

Alan Ellis, aged 21, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to false imprisonment and assault causing harm to the teenager on March 12, 2012.

Ellis, of Rathmines Rd Lower, Rathmines, brought the boy into a flat and said he wanted to show him how to tie a particular knot. He then used a hoover flex to tie the victim to the radiator before he tortured him for almost hour and a half.