Court heard claim masked men broke into home of woman in McGregor case

A pack of masked men broke into the location of a pistillate who took a civilian lawsuit against mixed martial arts combatant Conor McGregor accusing him of raping her, the tribunal heard.

Nikita Hand was awarded damages of astir 250,000 euros (£206,000) pursuing a civilian lawsuit heard by a assemblage astatine the High Court successful Dublin connected Friday.

The incidental was referred to astatine the commencement of the proceedings erstwhile the assemblage was not present, and the tribunal heard masked men had breached into Ms Hand’s home, smashed the windows and stabbed her boyfriend.

Ms Hand’s counsel John Gordon told Judge Alexander Owens that the incidental happened connected June 14.

“The plaintiff’s location was invaded by a radical of men wearing balaclavas,” helium said.

“The 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 that the men broke windows successful the beforehand country 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.”

Mr 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 lawsuit 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.”