Balaclava gang broke into McGregor rape accuser’s home and stabbed boyfriend

A pack of balaclava-clad men smashed their mode into the location of Conor McGregor’s rape accuser and stabbed her fellow portion their girl slept successful the adjacent room.

The terrifying raid was outlined astatine the opening of the civilian proceedings astatine Dublin’s High Court which ended with a jury awarding Nikita Hand much than £200,000 successful damages.

She claimed the UFC star, nicknamed ‘Notorious’, ‘brutally’ raped her wrong a edifice penthouse successful the metropolis astir six years agone successful December 2018.

Her lawyer John Gordon told Judge Alexander Owens of the June 14 break-in: ‘The plaintiff’s location was invaded by a radical of men wearing balaclavas.

‘They broke into the plaintiff’s bedroom, and were driven retired by the plaintiff’s partner, who suffered a stab coiled successful the process.

‘Her girl was successful the adjacent room, sleeping.’

Mr Gordon besides told the tribunal the men smashed the beforehand country windows earlier leaving.

‘We are not laying that astatine the feet of the defendants oregon saying they person thing to bash with that,’ helium added.

‘We bash marque the assertion that it was not an untargeted attack, (it) roseate from supporters of the archetypal named suspect (Mr McGregor).

‘It is related to the assertion that she had to determination retired of the Drimnagh area.’

The justice asked whether the assertion was being made that McGregor had thing to bash with it, to which Mr Gordon replied: ‘No, judge, it is an point of peculiar damage.

‘It related to her authorities of anxiousness and her assertion that she had to determination from the Drimnagh area, arsenic she has present done.’

McGregor’s barrister Remy Farrell said it seemed Ms Hand was introducing a assertion ‘which is thing to bash with us’, and complained it would beryllium ‘an invitation to the assemblage to speculate’.

The justice ruled that helium considered it to beryllium ‘completely irrelevant and shouldn’t beryllium referred to’.

At the adjacent of the case, it was agreed by Ms Hand’s counsel and the justice that the assertion would not beryllium made for the location move.

A Garda spokesperson said: ‘Gardaí received study of an incidental of aggravated burglary that occurred astatine a premises connected the Errigal Road successful Drimnagh, Dublin 12 astatine astir 2.20am connected Friday, June 14, 2024.

‘One antheral aged successful his 30s was conveyed to St James’s Hospital for attraction of non-life threatening injuries sustained arsenic a effect of this incident.

‘Investigations are ongoing.’

Ms Hand launched a civilian lawsuit aft the manager of nationalist prosecutions (DPP) successful Ireland decided not to complaint him criminally.

The full magnitude of damages awarded to Ms Hand by the assemblage was 248,603.60 euros.

McGregor, who was accompanied by his family, including his spouse Dee Devlin, parents, sister and brother-in-law, shook his caput arsenic the verdict was announced.

On X aft the verdict, McGregor said: ‘I volition beryllium appealing today’s decision. The judge’s acquisition and the humble grant fixed was for assault, not for aggravated oregon exemplary damages.

‘I americium disappointed that the assemblage did not perceive each the grounds that the DPP reviewed. I americium with my household now, focused connected my future. Thank you to each my enactment worldwide.’

Speaking afterwards, Ms Hand described having to spell done the tribunal process arsenic a ‘nightmare’.

She thanked her ineligible team, the justice and jury, gardai and paramedics, arsenic good arsenic doctors and nurses who provided her attraction and the Rape Crisis Centre.

Ms Hand said she hoped her lawsuit volition punctual victims of battle to support ‘pushing guardant for justice’.

Visibly shaking, she said: ‘I anticipation my communicative is simply a reminder that nary substance however acrophobic you mightiness be: Speak up, you person a dependable and support connected warring for justice.

‘I cognize this has impacted not lone my life, my daughter’s, my household and friends tremendously.

‘It’s thing that I’ll ne'er hide for the remainder of my life.’

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