Five men have been remanded in continuing custody in relation to an alleged assault and the false imprisonment of a man last week.
The five are alleged to have tortured Barry Moore at Sheephill Avenue in Corduff, west Dublin, by branding him on the forehead with a poker iron as a “rat” while also beating him, waterboarding him and running over his leg with a motorbike.
The accused are brothers Jason Hennessy (27), Devon Hennessy (28) and Brandon Hennessy (21), of Sheephill Avenue in Corduff, the address where the alleged incident is alleged to have taken place on February 12th.
Also accused are father and son Kenneth (44) and Dean Fitzsimons (24), of Castlecurragh Vale in Dublin 15.
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Each is charged with false imprisonment, assault causing serious harm, and production of an article in the course of a dispute.
Jason Hennessy also faces a further charge of criminal damage.
They were refused bail at a special hearing of Dublin District Court on Sunday night.
Detective Sergeant Mark Murphy gave evidence to the court on that occasion objecting to bail on the grounds of the seriousness of the charges and that he feared witnesses might be intimidated.
The five appeared again via videolink at Cloverhill District Court on Tuesday morning.
The case was put back to March 6th pending directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Defence solicitor Amanda Connolly told Judge Gerard Jones there would likely be a bail application to the High Court in the meantime.
Judge Jones agreed to the five men remaining in custody in the interim.
