Man jailed for false imprisonment of victim found slashed in bathtub

John McGahon, aged 21, was arrested after the Armed Support Unit forced entry to a Drogheda house to rescue the victim following a 999 call describing how a man had been abducted in the area.

A Louth man who was involved in the false imprisonment of a man who was found by gardaí crouched naked in a bathtub and covered in slash wounds has been jailed for four and a half years.

John McGahon, aged 21, was arrested after the Armed Support Unit forced entry to a Drogheda house to rescue the victim following a 999 call describing how a man had been abducted in the area.