Rossiter family seeks ‘truth and nothing else’ from inquiry

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.

Brian Rossiter, 14, from Clonmel, Co Tipperary, was arrested and detained over a public order offence in September 2002, two days after he was involved in a row which had left him with two black eyes and a headache.

He was found comatose in his cell in the morning and died in hospital two days later. His parents have alleged he suffered an assault while in custody.