Sisters beaten up, held hostage by two men they "met" on Facebook

silverfeather · 18-05-2015 02:00PM

kingtut wrote: »

Good point, definitely more to the story than meets the eye!

Hey ...how did you get so funky???

humanji · 18-05-2015 02:03PM

MOD: Folks, the girls didn't agree to meet some people to get the sh*te kicked out of them and their lives threatened, so there's little reason to point the finger at them. By blaming the victims you're making excuses for the culprits.

And for the love of god, don't post links to people's Facebook pages.

wakka12 · 18-05-2015 02:08PM

What the hell? I don't believe it. Were the two sisters sharing a profile and the two lads also sharing one like? And do many sisters go on double dates together...? Why did they accept a random stranger, why would random lads add random strangers and start chatting them. Like I'm sure they'd plenty of other girls they know in their friends lists. Then they randomly beat them up for no apparent reason.

This whole story sounds like BS from start to finish

Specialun · 18-05-2015 02:13PM

Was it tinder maybe and not facebook??

Ive no used tinder but is that not through facebook

bucketybuck · 18-05-2015 02:15PM

When the real story about what happened comes out then maybe I'll give a toss.

Help!!!! · 18-05-2015 02:15PM

Call me cynical but wouldn't be surprised if they did this to themselves to get a bit of fame
With all the posing on their FB pages they seem to want to be models
If they were indeed beaten then hopefully the guards catch who did it
Hopefully it wont be 2 innocent lads getting their names dragged through the mud only for the girls to admit lying 6 months down the line

Dr. Mantis Toboggan · 18-05-2015 02:16PM

They look like two Guantanamo prisoners in their orange boiler suits.

The folly of youth.

wakka12 · 18-05-2015 02:17PM

Specialun wrote: »

Was it tinder maybe and not facebook??

Ive no used tinder but is that not through facebook

Nah, tinder just pulls info from your fb profile such as name age photos and friends list, but its a complete y separate app to Facebook

anvilfour · 18-05-2015 02:17PM

Plazaman wrote: »

Should be an open and shut case if Facebook was used to initiate the meeting. Unless these guys had fake profiles but between that, the apartment details and phone traces, these guys should be easily caught. Lesson learned for these girls, who goes to meet a stranger in a private residence?

You're right, shouldn't be too difficult to trace the IP address of the account used, even if it's in fake name. I doubt very much these men were smart enough to use a VPN or similar!

Cee-Jay-Cee · 18-05-2015 02:19PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It sounds bizarre. How does someone actually meet anyone on Facebook for the first time? There is a whole requirement that someone asks to be friends and that request is accepted or refused, you don't just fall into a conversation by chance and accept an invite to pop around no more than you would with any stranger. Certainly Facebook is not the issue here.

Two strangers could be members of the same group and therefore able to message and contact each other without having ever heard of the other person.

burkey2k0 · 18-05-2015 02:19PM

anvilfour wrote: »

You're right, shouldn't be too difficult to trace the IP address of the account used, even if it's in fake name. I doubt very much these men were smart enough to use a VPN or similar!

I doubt very much that these men exist at all.

Not a chance in hell the story they're telling is true.

nelly17 · 18-05-2015 02:20PM

wakka12 wrote: »

What the hell? I don't believe it. Were the two sisters sharing a profile and the two lads also sharing one like? And do many sisters go on double dates together...? Why did they accept a random stranger, why would random lads add random strangers and start chatting them. Like I'm sure they'd plenty of other girls they know in their friends lists. Then they randomly beat them up for no apparent reason.

This whole story sounds like BS from start to finish

It does seem to all fit together a bit too easy and have made the perfect storm.
I'm sure they could quite easily point the apartment out to the Guards. Phonecalls were made if the cops know the apartment and the timeframe they would be able to get the masts in the imediate vacintiy of the apartemnt yada yada.

mikom · 18-05-2015 02:20PM

I expect a white van, Asian men, swan feathers and eastern European accents to be thrown into the mix shortly.

18-05-2015 02:21PM

Why are people so certain they're lying?

Jen Pigs Fly · 18-05-2015 02:24PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Find out which cop station is dealing with the case, ask the for the relevant gardai that is dealing with it, and tell them. It might be able to provide some insight.

I will, I'll find out where is dealing with it

Dravokivich · 18-05-2015 02:24PM

It's a shame that this happened and I feel sorry for them. But it's a case of naive girls acting naively. Nothing to do with Facebook. It could have just as easily been two guys in a niteclub.

kingtut · 18-05-2015 02:24PM

This might be the person responsible?

http://facebook.com/profile.php?=73322363.

Kimbot · 18-05-2015 02:25PM

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

I will, I'll find out where is dealing with it

Newbridge or Tallaght garda station. Ring newbridge and they might be able to point you in the direction easier.

Dravokivich · 18-05-2015 02:25PM

kingtut wrote: »

This might be the person responsible?

http://facebook.com/profile.php?=73322363.

Looks familiar.

wakka12 · 18-05-2015 02:26PM

kingtut wrote: »

This might be the person responsible?

http://facebook.com/profile.php?=73322363.

gave me the fright of my life hahaha

18-05-2015 02:26PM

bucketybuck wrote: »

When the real story about what happened comes out then maybe I'll give a toss.

Like you haven't already.

18-05-2015 02:27PM

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

I will, I'll find out where is dealing with it

Good. It will help them in the investigation, or even let them know to check CCTV footage. It might be totally irrelevant to the case, but you'll never know when something might come out of it. I'm really happy you're doing it.

bucketybuck · 18-05-2015 02:29PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Like you haven't already.

I haven't, the duck lips type really don't do anything for me.

gerarda · 18-05-2015 02:29PM

If the two men that are responsible for this dont exist - how were the injuries inflicted?

flutered · 18-05-2015 02:29PM

Dravokivich wrote: »

Looks familiar.

taken down

18-05-2015 02:30PM

kingtut wrote: »

This might be the person responsible?

http://facebook.com/profile.php?=73322363.

Well. At least he's good looking.

18-05-2015 02:31PM

mikom wrote: »

I expect a white van, Asian men, swan feathers and eastern European accents to be thrown into the mix shortly.

Acc to Facebook, every white van in the country is scouring estates for kids to abduct.

anvilfour · 18-05-2015 02:44PM

humanji wrote: »

MOD: Folks, the girls didn't agree to meet some people to get the sh*te kicked out of them and their lives threatened, so there's little reason to point the finger at them. By blaming the victims you're making excuses for the culprits.

And for the love of god, don't post links to people's Facebook pages.

If their story is true, then that's all well and fine. Are we not allowed to doubt though that we're hearing the full story?

The very fact that it is so implausible two young girls would carelessly put themselves in harm's way makes me wonder if there's something we're not being told... this doesn't mean they deserve to be attacked, just means they may not have been completely honest about what happened!

Specialun · 18-05-2015 02:46PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Acc to Facebook, every white van in the country is scouring estates for kids to abduct.

Why dont the white van drivers change to a red van ...nobody suspects a red van

18-05-2015 02:49PM

anvilfour wrote: »

If their story is true, then that's all well and fine. Are we not allowed to doubt though that we're hearing the full story?

The very fact that it is so implausible two young girls would carelessly put themselves in harm's way makes me wonder if there's something we're not being told... this doesn't mean they deserve to be attacked, just means they may not have been completely honest about what happened!

Sadly it's probably not as implausible as you might think. It's why child predators spend so much time grooming children online. These girls, if it happened, were extremely stupid, but I believe it important to criticise them. Show others the ramifications of their actions. It's not victim blaming, but instead not coddling.

Sisters beaten up, held hostage by two men they "met" on Facebook

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