Five men jailed after branding iron attack on man

Five members of Dublin gang jailed for total of 34 years for torture of man ‘that bypasses any notion of humanity’

Five members of a Dublin criminal gang have been jailed for a total of 34 years for torturing a man who was waterboarded and had the word ‘rat’ branded on his head and torso with a hot iron poker.

Five members of Dublin gang jailed for assault in which ‘RAT’ was branded on victim’s face

A judge said the court had difficulty describing what happened as words like ‘dreadful, horrendous and frightening are not sufficient to describe the horror’.

Gang members jailed for 'RAT' branding assault

The judge said the court had difficulty describing what had happened, as words like 'dreadful, horrendous and frightening are not sufficient to describe the horror'

Dublin crime gang members who branded man's face and body with 'RAT' jailed

The branding marks on the victim's face were designed to "maximise the visibility of his [the victim's] humiliation," the court heard

Five men jailed for assault in which ‘RAT’ was branded on victim’s face with cattle marker

Central Criminal Court judge says actions of defendants ‘bypass any notion of humanity’

Dublin crime gang members jailed over 'RAT' branding on man's face and body

The branding marks on the victim's face were designed to "maximise the visibility of his [the victim's] humiliation," the court heard