Trial against gardaí to resume on Tuesday

THE trial of four gardaí accused of offences arising out of an alleged assault on a man last year had to be adjourned when a barrister involved in the case could not be present.

The case against Sergeant Alan Kissane, Sgt Martha McEnery and Garda Daniel Hickey — who deny assaulting Anthony Holness, 38, causing him harm — will resume on Tuesday.

A case has also been brought against Gda John Burke, who denies acting with intent to impede the apprehension or prosecution of another and acting in a manner tending and intended to pervert the course of justice.