Dentist was given 10 days to flee

A Georgian business owner showed up at a Romanian dentist’s surgery and warned him he had 10 days to leave Ireland or pay protection money, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Det Garda Niamh Coates said Archili Mindadze, aged 40, and a co-accused asked the dentist: “Who is your roof?”, meaning who did he pay protection money to.

Mindadze sliced the dentist’s hand and struck him in the face as he and the co-accused, who has since fled the country, questioned him about protection money.