Elderly man was tortured with ‘horrifying array of weaponry’ after being lured through Grindr app, court told

An elderly man was detained and tortured “with a horrifying array of weaponry” for four hours after being lured to a Murray Bridge home through a fake Grindr profile, an Adelaide court has heard.

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Charlie Michael Edward Caire pleaded guilty to numerous offences, including false imprisonment, aggravated blackmail and aggravated assault.

The District Court heard the 21-year-old was in a drug frenzy when he set up a fake Grindr dating app profile, met an elderly man…