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# false imprisonment

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# Courts
Man to appear in court charged with the alleged false imprisonment of two women
A 32-year-old male is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice this afternoon.
# Limerick
Three men due in court over assault where man's feet were nailed to ground
The assault on a man in his 50s took place last September.
# kidnappings
There were 25% more kidnappings in Ireland last year, but what does it mean?
Not all kidnappings involve hostages or demands for money.
# Wexford
Four people have been arrested for false imprisonment
Three of the group are still being held in custody in Wexford.
# trespassing
Wheelchair-user awarded €132,000 after court finds gardaí falsely imprisoned her
The jury found gardaí had trespassed and falsely imprisoned her in her home while questioning her about a missing iphone.
# false imprisonment
Irish woman who lived in a London cult for decades still supports the convicted leader
Josephine Herivel still calls the man her teacher and leader.
# London
Man who kept Irish woman and two others as 'slaves' found guilty of false imprisonment and rape
He was also found guilty of child cruelty and sexual offences spanning more than 30 years.
# United States
Mother charged after allegedly locking her four children in a basement for 12 hours
She now faces charges of false imprisonment.
# false imprisonment
Parents of autistic boy arrested for locking him in a metal cage
Officers searched the house after an anonymous tipster called Orange County Child Protective Services.
# ballymena
Three charged with attempted murder after man found naked and beaten in bin
Those charged are two 26-year-old men and a 20-year-old woman. Another person has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
# Galway
68-year-old man due in court over alleged false imprisonment
Gardaí investigating the alleged abduction of businessman Kevin McGeever arrested a man in Clontarf last night.
# CSO
False imprisonment cases up, overall crime down in latest stats
Significant drops were recorded for weapons and controlled drug offences.
# strokestown
Teenager due in court over Roscommon false imprisonment
Four people were initially arrested over the incident, which happened in Strokestown on Tuesday.
# false imprisonment
Man charged over alleged false imprisonment
A 47-year-old been charged in connection with an incident of alleged false imprisonment involving a woman in Dublin last week.
# Richardson Family
Man arrested over false imprisonment of Raheny family in 2005
The 49-year-old was arrested in Amsterdam today.
# Austria
Man accused of making daughters his sex slaves for 41 years
New Austrian case carries echoes of Josef Fritzl, as man found to have kept two mentally-disabled daughters locked in a room for decades.
# Court
Man in court over false imprisonment of family
The incident involved a family with two young children, who were held hostage in 2009.
# Strauss-Kahn
IMF head charged with attempted rape following sexual assault allegations
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was pulled from an airplane moments before he was to fly to Paris, after a New York chamber maid told police he had sexually assaulted her in his hotel suite.
# Knifepoint
Man held at knifepoint and robbed by five men in Dublin
Gardaí have made three arrests in connection with the incident that took place in north Dublin on Wednesday night.