Boy was ordered to strip by gardaí

A 15-YEAR-OLD boy who was ordered to strip and stand naked in front of gardaí in a garda station has been awarded €8,500 damages against the Minister for Justice.

Boy was ordered to strip by gardaí

Counsel for Stephen Brennan, now aged 17, of Whelan House, Ringsend, Dublin, said a garda had refused to allow the boy to keep his underpants on while another nicknamed him ‘Tubby’ after the boy had taken them off.

When he tried to cover himself he was told by one of the gardaí not to do so

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