Man remanded to prison after assault

A DISTURBED Nigerian man, whose detention in a Garda station was ruled illegal by the High Court last Friday, was remanded to Limerick prison yesterday following an assault in a hotel on Sunday.

John Ughamadu, 25, was provided with accommodation by the State at the Quality Hotel in Limerick after Mr Justice John Edwards ordered his release last Friday.

He said Mr Ughamadu, who was held at Roxboro Road Garda Station for a week following his arrest in a Limerick church where he was found naked in a Christmas crib, was not in legal custody.