Four gardaí face charges of assault and imprisonment

FOUR gardaí were summonsed over the weekend to appear in court next month to face charges of assault and false imprisonment.

The case relates to an incident in a Dublin flats complex in February 2008 in which a man alleges a group of gardaí beat and falsely imprisoned him.

The man complained to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) and four members of garda rank were suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. It was the first major case opened by the commission involving the suspension of gardaí.