Businessman 'lured to remote area where he was  battered with iron bars'

William Twomey, aged 56, from Havelock Place, Warrenpoint, Co Down and Thomas McGuinness, aged 33, of Chestnut Court, Johnstown, Navan, Co Meath are both charged with four non-scheduled offences

 A businessman was lured to a remote location where he was 'battered' with iron bars and threatened by three men wearing masks who demanded money before he was falsely imprisoned in a car boot, a prosecution barrister has told the Special Criminal Court.

William Twomey, aged 56, from Havelock Place, Warrenpoint, Co Down and Thomas McGuinness, aged 33, of Chestnut Court, Johnstown, Navan, Co Meath are both charged with four non-scheduled offences.