A former garda and another man have been jailed for assaults on two women, which culminated in one woman being bundled into a van and told she would be driven to the mountains and buried.
During the ordeal in April 2021, Stephen McGrath (37) and former garda Stephen Cooper (37) forced a woman to take part in a “strip search” after he claimed she had stolen drugs from him.
Cooper threatened the woman and inserted his fingers into her body. This assault took place at the end of a four-day drink and drug binge.
Cooper of Kingswood Heights, Tallaght, Co Dublin, McGrath of Kilteel Road, Rathcoole and a second woman then moved to another house.
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When the men accused this woman of stealing cocaine, McGrath began a prolonged and vicious assault. Both men told her they were going to bring her up the mountains and bury her.
