The victim, Erol Ibrahim, from Moyross, Limerick, who it was heard in court, is known to gardaí, was also beaten with an air-gun and threatened he’d be shot during the burglary.

One of the two men, Darragh Manning (25), from Clyde Hill Mews, St Alphonsus Street, Limerick, filmed the savage attack, in which he was armed with a sword.