Radio DJ found not guilty of assault and car damage

A RADIO broadcaster has been acquitted of assault and criminal damage charges relating to a dispute over alleged damage to a car.

Radio DJ found not guilty of assault and car damage

Tipp FM presenter Norman Morrissey, aged 51, of Ballinlough West, Bansha, Co Tipperary, had denied charges that he assaulted a young woman causing her harm, and inflicted criminal damage on a van on Halloween night, 2007.

A brother of country music star Louise Morrissey, the accused was found not guilty on both counts yesterday by a jury after just over 40 minutes’ deliberation.

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