The woman was burned with a makeshift blow torch and a heated hammer head, cut with a knife, kicked and punched, had her hair cut off, and was threatened with rape, the court heard.

Francis Joseph Woods, of Damestown, The Naul, Dublin, pleaded guilty to one count of defrauding the man on a date between August 2007 and November 2007.

The case follows a Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau (GNCCB) probe.

The assaults on the then 17-year-old took place on Essex Street, Dublin 2 and Pearse Street Garda Station on June 1st, 2021.

Edel Stirling (45) pleaded guilty to theft, robbery and criminal damage by urinating in a cell at Mountjoy Garda Station

Stelian Ciuciu used a WhatsApp group containing about 450 members to advertise the properties to escorts

Stelian Ciuciu (32) posed as part of a couple with another woman who was working as an escort to rent properties from unsuspecting landlords, which he then advertised to escorts for their use, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard on Tuesday.

Alexander Kay (26) initially told gardaí he smoked cannabis and was bringing it home from Thailand as it was cheaper to buy there, but later admitted it was not for his own use.

Judge Orla Crowe said that gardaí are satisfied that “no people were higher up nationally” than 52-year-old Andrew Pender.

An armed burglar who forced his way into the home of a woman and her autistic child and threatened to stab her has been jailed for three years and nine months

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that the woman was socialising and drinking with friends, including the man, the night before this incident occurred.

John Hoey (24) pleaded guilty to criminal damage and assault causing the woman harm

Judge Orla Crowe noted that he had used the false passport to open a bank account, get an ‘M10 form’ and make an application to the Department of Social Protection.

Stephan Obelngoa (24) pleaded guilty to assault causing harm, assault of a peace officer and resisting arrest at The Square, Tallaght

The trial is expected to last up to four weeks at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

This was the second time Jason Flynn (46) had caused fire damage to the same house in Shankill, Dublin, the court heard

The court heard that €80-90,000 in damage was caused during the attack and the victims, which included the defendant's father, were “left with nothing”.

Kevin McMahon, 51, with an address at Calle Vincente Inglada, Alicante, Spain, was served with a book of evidence when he appeared at Dublin District Court on Monday on 131 charges.

The boy was 14 years old when he was caught on CCTV taking part in the attack on the victim along with a 29-year-old man.

Herbert Kilcline (62), a former solicitor with an address at Bessborough Parade, Rathmines, Dublin, was convicted of fraud

On Tuesday, Judge Martin Nolan imposed sentence in relation to the second trial, in which Clohessy was convicted of five counts of indecently assaulting four boys.

Aidan Clohessy (85) was convicted of 19 counts of indecent assault following two separate trials at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court last month.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Stephan Obelngoa pleaded guilty to assault causing harm, assault of a peace officer and resisting arrest at The Square, Tallaght. Dublin, on October 2nd, 2023.

Trevor Bolger (48) was previously attached to Ballymun Garda Station

Mark McAnaw (53) threatened and harassed three female Sunday World journalists

Frienna Rockett (29) broke a red light and knocked down an older woman as she crossed the road

A man found in possession of €46,000 of cocaine and cannabis has been jailed for two years and six months

The 57-year-old man was jailed for 10 years last year after he pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to raping a 16-year-old girl

A man who started a fire on a Luas during the Dublin riots has been remanded in custody pending sentence next October

The court heard that Mary Higgins (62), with an address at Hawthorn Lawn, Castleknock, had spent 12 years attending the school and 24 years working there

On Monday, Keith Smithers was handed a global sentence of nine years, while White was jailed for four and a half years for robbery.

Joseph Doyle (68), of Vesey Mews, Monkstown, Co Dublin, pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material

The 77-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault on unknown dates between 1964 and 1965 at a house in Co Dublin.

Glen Ward (32) and Eric O’Driscoll (23), both of Deanstown Green, Finglas, pleaded guilty to violent disorder at Cardiffsbridge Road, Finglas West on August 9th, 2022.

Andrerson Lana (46) of no fixed abode in Brazil, came forward to Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on signed pleas of guilty from the District Court.

Olesja Hertova (48) was before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, arraigned on the single count of unlawfully killing James Ryan.

The court heard Francis Broughan (47) of Shangan Gardens, Ballymun, Dublin 11, had earlier hijacked a car parked outside a supermarket in North Dublin, after holding an object to the neck of the 81-year-old driver.

Raphael Gilmore (53) pleaded guilty to possession of false instruments and to theft.

Andrew Noonan (45), former manager of Bluebell United, was caught after gardaí posed as delivery men in a controlled delivery of the drugs to his co-accused, Keith Quinn (36).

Ian Barry (44) of the Ashes, Trimleston, Goatstown, Dublin 14 was sent forward from the District Court on a signed guilty plea of coercive control on dates between 2019 and 2022 at another address in south county Dublin.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has dismissed charges against two people accused of identifying two teenage boys convicted of the murder of 14-year-old Ana Kriégel

Nko Mpase (62) of Golden Ridge Close, Rush, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to facilitating the entry into the state of another person at Dublin Airport on May 16th, 2020.

Keith Carter (32) was before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Monday.