Two men have been given community service for their role in abducting a recovering drug addict - driving him around the Dublin mountains and threatening him over his friend's alleged debt.

23 year old Ibrahim Moradi of Birchwood Heights and 24 year old Adnan Mohamadzadeh of Belgard Square, both in Tallaght, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to falsely imprisoning Roman Bobowicz on June 25th, 2012.

The men handed over three thousand five hundred euro between them in compensation in court today and they also both offered an apology to the victim.

The court heard that Mr Bobowicz was falsely imprisoned by the men for up to eight hours, during which time they threatened to cut him up and burn his body if they didn't get the 2,000 they were owed.

Judge Mary Ellen Ring ordered the two men to perform 220 hours community service each in lieu of a two and a half year sentence.