A BRITISH minerals expert yesterday defended his valuation of a State-owned sand and gravel property in Co Wicklow, sold privately to the Roadstone company in 1990 for £1.25 million (€1.58m).

Prosecutors are to seek a retrial of a former Los Angeles police officer who was videotaped punching and slamming a handcuffed black teenager on to a squad car.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles were today deciding whether to seek a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of a policeman who was caught on video assaulting a handcuffed black teenager.

A WHITE police officer videotaped punching a black teenager during an arrest in Los Angeles has been charged with assault.

A white police officer videotaped punching a black teenager during an arrest in Los Angeles has been charged with assault.