Man accused of being one of eight to torture woman in Dublin flat is refused bail

A garda told the court that when gardaí entered the flat the woman, who is a mother, was 'in a bloodied, tortured and beaten state'

Judge Mitchell refused bail and remanded Emmet Black in custody to appear at Cloverhill District Court on Friday. File photo

A man who became the eighth person accused of attacking a woman found "in a bloodied, tortured and beaten state" in a flat in Dublin has been remanded in custody.

Dublin District Court heard that a "makeshift blowtorch", heated hammerheads, iron bars, and a stick were used to injure and beat her around her head and body after she was brought to a north inner city flat last Thursday.