Alleged Hennessy ‘torture’ victim refuses to give evidence
A man who told gardai he was beaten with a breaker bar, waterboarded, threatened with rape, and branded with the letters ‘rat’ on his face, stomach and back while being held hostage in a shed at the back of a Dublin house has refused to give evidence before the Special Criminal Court.Garnet Orange SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions, today opened the trial of four men before the three-judge, non-jury court before calling the alleged victim, Barry Moore (34), to the witness stand.Mr Moore had been brought into court by prison officers, having been arrested yesterday on foot of a bench warrant after he previously failed to appear in court.
