Gang used dating site to lure, beat and rob men

A gang of three young men and a 17-year-old girl are to be sentenced for luring men using a dating website to a remote area, putting them in fear of their lives, and then robbing them.

Roscommon Circuit Court heard that two men from Dublin were lured after the 17-year-old schoolgirl, who cannot be named, posted her profile on a website seeking liaisons with men.

Judge Tony Hunt heard that one man from Dublin got in touch with the girl, who used the name ‘Emma’ on the site, and after several messages were exchanged, she invited him to meet her on June 18 last year in Strokestown in Co Roscommon.