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'Those who enforce the law must keep it': Man wrongly arrested by gardaí awarded €1.1m by jury

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'Those who enforce the law must keep it': Man wrongly arrested by gardaí awarded €1.1m by jury

A man who was wrongfully arrested the same night his fiancée was savagely beaten by another man in a random street attack has been awarded more than €1.1m by a High Court jury.

Garda denies using 'massively excessive force' during arrest of man

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Garda denies using 'massively excessive force' during arrest of man
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Sergeant tells wrongful arrest case gardaí did 'very best with good intent'
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Garda sergeant tells wrongful arrest case remark about hitting girlfriend was 'off-the-cuff'
Garda tells court man suing for wrongful arrest was aggressive before he was pepper-sprayed

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Garda tells court man suing for wrongful arrest was aggressive before he was pepper-sprayed
Garda said 'you may hit your girlfriend but you won't hit me,' wrongful arrest case told

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Garda said 'you may hit your girlfriend but you won't hit me,' wrongful arrest case told
Man tells High Court of nightmare of being arrested for savage assault he did not commit
Man tells High Court of nightmare of being arrested for savage assault he did not commit

Gerald Jennings, a property manager from Carlow Town, claims he was arrested because gardaí wrongly believed he had carried out a savage street assault on his fiancée, beautician Martha Kowalczyk.

Thu, 11 Jul, 2019

Man sues claiming gardaí wrongly suspected him of attacking fiancée
Man sues claiming gardaí wrongly suspected him of attacking fiancée

A man claims he was wrongfully arrested and falsely imprisoned after gardaí wrongly suspected he carried out a savage random street attack on his fiancée.

Wed, 10 Jul, 2019

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