A former footballer who took part in the false imprisonment of a man who was forced into a car, hooded and then beaten and stabbed in a caravan, has been jailed for six and a half years. Jamie Geoghegan assaulted the victim and dragged him, wearing only his shorts, out of a home where he had been staying before forcing him into a waiting Jeep containing a number of other men, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard on Friday.
The man was then driven to a caravan in Clondalkin where he was tied up, beaten and stabbed with implements including a knife and a claw hammer, Garda John Griffin told Eoin Lawlor BL, prosecuting. The victim's ordeal ended when gardaí on patrol noticed a man known to them acting as a look-out and they came upon Geoghegan and another man standing guard outside the caravan. Both men fled the scene. The victim was found lying on the ground groaning in pain, with his hands tied with a bloody phone cable
Footballer False Imprisonment Assault Stabbing Caravan Prison Police