Garda denies using ‘unnecessary force’

ONE of the gardaí on trial for allegedly assaulting a man on the street in Waterford took to the witness box yesterday to deny he used “unnecessary force” when restraining the alleged victim.

Sergeant Alan Kissane is one of three Waterford city-based gardaí, along with Sergeant Martha McEnery and Garda Daniel Hickey, who all deny assaulting Anthony Holness, 38, causing him harm.

Their colleague, Garda John Burke, 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.