Gardaí fined for assaulting man who was filming row

TWO gardaí were convicted yesterday for assaulting a man who was filming a disturbance at a pub in Dublin.

The two members, Gavin Keegan and Damien Kildea, were both fined for assaulting Eoin Lawless outside the Cat & Cage Pub in Drumcondra, north Dublin, on June 28, 2008.

Mr Lawless was filming a disturbance at the pub, during which the two gardaí assaulted him. Garda Keegan then took his camera, deleting the images he had taken.