'Betrayal beyond words': Garda impersonated colleague to incite men to rape and kill her

Former garda told a court a colleague carried out a 'calculated, predatory act of violence' by impersonating her online and inciting men to come to her home and rape her

Shane Flanagan, with an address in Co Clare, at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Parkgate St in Dublin for his sentence hearing. He was remanded in custody for sentence at a later date. Picture: IrishPhotoDesk

Notice: Readers may find the details of this case disturbing.

A former garda has said a colleague carried out a “calculated, predatory act of violence” by impersonating her online and inciting men to come to her home and rape her.