Liam Holden was subjected to waterboarding techniques while in military custody and his treatment led to a confession, the High Court ruled. "The plaintiff was subjected to waterboarding; he was hooded; he was driven in a car flanked by soldiers to a location where he thought he would be assassinated," said the judge. "A forensic psychiatrist who examined Mr Holden in 2016 said he described being plagued by nightmares more frightening than any real-life experience