Garda says colleague warned her over incident

A GARDA has said a colleague accused of assaulting a man after forcing entry to his flat told her not to say anything if asked about the alleged incident.

Garda Caroline Breslin, a student garda at the time, said she was in a patrol car with Garda Alan Conlon a few days after the alleged assault when he told her not to say anything if asked about the incident if anyone asked her about it.

Gardaí Conlon, Eoin Murtagh, Claire Delaney and Sean O’Leary have pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to forcing entry at a Basin St Upper flat, entering as a trespasser and assaulting Owen Gaffney, 21, causing him harm on February 17, 2008.