The prosecution case has closed in the trial of four gardaí accused of forcing entry to a Dublin flat and assaulting its young male occupant.

A garda sergeant has today said that a member of her unit accused of trespass and assault admitted lying about being in a Basin Street flat a week after the alleged incident.

A garda has said he heard a colleague pass comment about a “gouger deserving a slap” after an incident in which four gardai are accused of assaulting a young Dubin man.

A garda on trial for assaulting a Dublin youth denied using excessive force but said he could have handled the situation “in a more professional manner.”

A GARDA has said a colleague accused of assaulting a man after forcing entry to his flat told her not to say anything if asked about the alleged incident.

A garda has said a colleague accused of assaulting a young man after forcing entry to his flat had told her not to say anything if she was asked about the alleged incident.

A GARDA said she saw a colleague wipe his baton and another wipe his knuckles after an alleged assault at a flat on Dublin’s Basin Street three years ago.

A Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury has listened to an audio recording of a phone call to the mother of a young man accusing four gardaí of assault at their flat.

A Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury has been shown mobile phone video footage of the young man accusing four gardaí of assault allegedly taken after the incident.

The mother of a young man accusing four gardaí of assault has said she heard “thumping” coming from her son’s bedroom while she was being kept in the bathroom.

A 21-year old accusing four gardaí of assaulting him, instructed a solicitor to sue for the injuries he received in the alleged beating, a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A 21-year-old has told a trial that he was beaten with batons and kicked in the face by gardaí who came into his bedroom.

Four gardaí accused of beating a young man with batons after breaking into his flat have been sent forward for a retrial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The trial of four gardaí accused of beating a young man with batons after breaking in his flat has collapsed this afternoon at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The trial of four gardaí accused of beating a young Dublin man with batons after breaking into his home has been adjourned until next Tuesday.

The young Dublin man accusing four gardaí of assault has denied he lashed out at them and said he was never violent to any officer in his life.

Four gardaí have gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for allegedly forcing their way into a flat without a warrant and beating up a male occupant.

Four gardaí are to go on trial today accused of an assault in Dublin two years ago.

The Dublin Circuit Criminal Court trial of four gardaí charged with assault, forcible entry and trespass in the city two years ago will begin tomorrow morning.