Horrific details emerge from break-in of Conor McGregor's rape accuser as it is revealed masked men broke into her home, smashed the windows and stabbed her boyfriend while daughter was asleep next door

Conor McGregor's rape accuser Nikita Hand was forced to determination location aft a break-in by a radical of men successful balaclavas, believed to beryllium supporters of the UFC fighter, the High Court heard.

McGregor, 36, faced an accusation that helium 'brutally raped and battered' Nikita Hand, 35, astatine a edifice successful southbound Dublin successful December 2018.

After deliberating for six hours and 10 minutes, the assemblage returned with their verdicts successful the proceedings this afternoon, and awarded Ms Hand nearly 250,000 euros.

The communicative emerged astatine the outset of the trial, successful the discourse of a assertion she wanted to make, for the outgo of moving distant from Drimnagh successful Dublin.

With nary assemblage present, her counsel, John Gordon, told Judge Alexander Owens that the incidental had happened connected June 14 this year.

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

'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.'

He said the men left, having breached windows successful the beforehand room.

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

'We bash marque the assertion that it was not an untargeted attack, [it] arose 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.'

Judge Owens asked: 'You are not making the assertion oregon going to tender grounds that Mr McGregor had thing to bash with it?'

'No, judge, it is an point of peculiar damage,' Mr Gordon replied.

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

The tribunal heard she had sought relocation costs of €750,000.

Conor McGregor's barrister, Remy Farrell, said it seemed Ms Hand was introducing a assertion 'which is thing to bash with us'.

'It is bonzer that determination would beryllium an effort to smuggle thing similar that into the case…to summation the peculiar damages,' helium said.

He complained that it would beryllium 'an invitation to the assemblage to speculate'.

Judge Owens ruled: 'I see this to beryllium wholly and utterly irrelevant and shouldn't beryllium referred to.'

Evidence was heard during the lawsuit from a spot expert, who said that houses of a akin three-bedroom size to Ms Hand's Drimnagh location could outgo €200,000 much successful neighbouring areas successful Dublin specified arsenic Cabinteely.

Her GP besides mentioned her 'anxiety' astir surviving successful Drimnagh, and told the tribunal she had precocious moved further distant from her puerility practice.

However, astatine the adjacent of the case, it was agreed by her counsel and Judge Owens that a assertion would not beryllium made for the location move.

The location break-in was confirmed by the Garda property bureau astatine the time, but nary nexus was made to McGregor.

A Garda spokeswoman said: 'Gardaí received study of an incidental of aggravated burglary that occurred astatine a premises successful Drimnagh, Dublin 12 astatine astir 2.20am this morning, Friday, June 14.

'One antheral successful his 30s has been conveyed to St James's Hospital for attraction of non-life-threatening injuries sustained arsenic a effect of this incident.'

McGregor shook his caput arsenic the assemblage of 8 women and 4 men recovered him liable of assaulting Ms Hand.

The MMA combatant antecedently told the tribunal helium had consensual enactment with Ms Hand, besides known arsenic Nikita Ni Laimhin, astatine the Beacon Hotel. He denied causing bruising to the plaintiff.

McGregor has since vowed to entreaty the determination - saying helium was 'disappointed' and 'focused connected my future'.

Breaking his soundlessness this afternoon, 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.'

Ms Hand cried and was hugged by her spouse and supporters arsenic the verdict was delivered. Outside the court, she described the past 2 weeks arsenic a 'nightmare' but said she felt vindicated.

She separately mislaid her suit against McGregor's friend, James Lawrence, who she besides accused of assaulting her successful the Dublin hotel.

The full magnitude of damages awarded to Ms Hand by the assemblage was 248,603.60 euro (£206,621.91). 

McGregor was soundless arsenic helium near court. 

Ms Hand alleged that McGregor sexually assaulted her connected December 9, 2018, and that different man, James Lawrence, did the same, Ireland's precocious tribunal heard implicit 2 weeks of evidence.

She said that she and a person made interaction with McGregor, who she knew, aft a enactment Christmas party. 

She said they were driven by McGregor to a enactment successful a penthouse country of a southbound Dublin edifice wherever drugs and intoxicant were consumed.

She said McGregor took her a chamber successful the penthouse and sexually assaulted her.

Ms Hand's lawyer, John Gordon, said she was connected antidepressants, and 'full of drugs' astatine the clip of the alleged assault.

While successful the assemblage country today, the assemblage were fixed an contented insubstantial to grounds their decisions. It asked 2 questions for them to supply a verdict on.

While successful the assemblage country today, the assemblage were fixed an contented insubstantial to grounds their decisions. It asked 2 questions for them to supply a verdict on.

The archetypal was: 'Did Mr McGregor battle Ms Hand?'

The 2nd was: 'did Mr Lawrence battle Ms Hand?'.

They had to reply 'yes' oregon 'no'. An reply of 'yes' to either moved the assemblage to deciding what damages to grant Ms Hand.

Nikita Hand said she hoped her lawsuit volition punctual victims of battle to support 'pushing guardant for justice', and amusement her daughter, Freya, 'that you tin basal up for yourself if thing happens to you nary substance who the idiosyncratic is and justness volition beryllium served'.

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.

'Now that justness has been served, I tin present effort and determination connected and look guardant to the aboriginal with my household and friends and daughter.'

Asked if she felt vindicated pursuing the jury's decision, she said: 'Yes, I do. Thank you.'

Ahead of the verdict, Justice Owens spent immoderate clip connected Thursday summing up grounds heard implicit the 2 weeks, from witnesses including Ms Hand, who has nary automatic close to anonymity, McGregor and Mr Lawrence.

Evidence has besides been heard from police, paramedics, psychiatrists, an actuary, colleagues of Ms Hand arsenic good arsenic a erstwhile main forensic aesculapian officer. 

Justice Owens reminded them of a fig of ineligible principles, including the modular of impervious successful a civilian lawsuit which is connected the equilibrium of probabilities and that the onus of impervious rests connected the plaintiff.

He besides reminded the assemblage that if they reached a verdict to grant damages, determination were respective types of damages to see including general, which covers symptom and suffering to day and into the future, arsenic good arsenic distress and designation of vindication.

Another benignant of harm includes aggravated harm which is outgo to designation of offences that shocked the plaintiff.

Exemplary damages are punitive damages which are to punish the defendant.

He said it should beryllium an offence that is truly serious, and that they could respect rape arsenic truly serious.

Justice Owens besides said that idiosyncratic attempting to screen up matters, oregon making statements that are 'patently untrue' are besides serious.

Justice Owens told the assemblage to support their feet 'firmly connected the ground' and to 'use their communal sense'.

He told the assemblage that if they scope the signifier of awarding damages, and erstwhile assessing what to springiness for nonaccomplishment of earnings, to deduct 15 per cent from their figure.

He told them this was called a deduction for contingencies arsenic we unrecorded successful 'an uncertain world', and the courts accidental these things person to beryllium taken into account.

Justice Owens warned the assemblage not to speech to anyone astir their deliberations, including their loved ones who helium said whitethorn beryllium funny successful the case.

He told the assemblage to 'look astatine each the evidence'.

The result of a civilian lawsuit depends connected the equilibrium of probabilities, which is simply a little modular of impervious than the modular utilized successful transgression cases.

In civilian cases, a suspect is recovered liable oregon not liable.