The inquest into the death of Brian Rossiter has heard his father was told by a detective garda that his 14-year-old son had taken 15 or 16 ecstasy tablets.

BRIAN ROSSITER was “out of control,” abusive and behaving violently when brought to the Garda station the night before he fell into a coma in his cell.

THE family of a 14-year-old boy who died after spending a night in Garda custody said yesterday they are still no closer to getting answers, despite an inquiry into his death concluding hearings a year ago.

A GRIEVING father has vowed not to rest until he finds out who is responsible for his 14-year-old son’s death.

The father of a boy who died after being taken into garda custody is considering suing the force for a second time, it emerged tonight.

PAT ROSSITER said he hoped to get “the truth and nothing else” as a statutory inquiry opened in Dublin yesterday into his son’s death three years ago.

MORE than 100 witnesses will be called to give evidence in an inquiry into the death of a teenage boy who fell in to a coma while in Garda custody.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell has dismissed claims by the family of a schoolboy who died after a night in garda custody that they will not have a barrister of their choice at the inquiry into his death.

THE parents of a 14-year-old who died after a night in garda custody will press ahead with a civil claim against the Garda Commissioner and the Minister for Justice for the wrongful killing of their son, even if they are unable to take part in a State-ordered inquiry.

THE family of a 14-year-old who died in suspicious circumstances while in garda custody have served High Court writs on the Justice Minister and Garda Commissioner for his wrongful killing.

THE family of a teenage boy who died after spending a night in garda custody has reacted with disbelief to the publication of an inquiry’s terms of reference.

THE family of a teenager who died after falling into a coma while in garda custody three years ago has cautiously welcomed the decision by the Justice Minister to hold a statutory inquiry into their son’s death.

The inquiry into the death of a 14-year-old boy who died after falling into a coma in Garda custody has many questions to answer, his father said tonight.

THE father of a 14-year-old boy who died after being found in a coma in garda custody yesterday described the Garda Siochána and the Department of Justice as “untouchable” to public accountability.