May Day assault case struck out by court

A GARDA accused of assaulting a member of the public during last year’s May Day protests in Dublin has had his case struck out by the Dublin District Court.

Judge Cormac Dunne ruled yesterday there was inconclusive evidence to convict Garda Keith Goff of hitting student Brian Hayden on the arm during the Reclaim the Streets protest in Dublin on May 6, 2002.

He dismissed the charge against Gda Goff on the basis that there was “gross uncertainty” in Mr Hayden’s evidence that he had been struck by the accused.